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Remember, The best cure for high prices is high prices!  Let the market work.

But -- Pleeaassee do not invite our honorable politicians to tax us 
more!  They cannot be trusted not to divert the money elsewhere!  The 
schools are an example.  They already have plenty of money, they just 
don't know how to spend wisely.    

By the way I hope you are also negotiating prices with your doctors and 
dentists.  Ask for discounts.  Complain about the high cost.  Move to 
other practitioners.  There ought to be a newsgroup to rate and compare 
doctors and dentists.  I am looking for a new dentist and would sure 
appreciate such a newsgroup.  

Wayne E. Amacher
wamacher@rahul.net


S.E. Homer (homer@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us) wrote:
: Miriam Jackson <miriam@tara.gps.caltech.edu> wrote:

: > I've lived in San Francisco (Albeit briefly) and Los Angeles and,
: > granted, the public tranit system in S.F. is far superior to L.A. and
: > many other U.S. cities (try Columbus, Ohio without a car) but that
: > doesn't mean it's good.  
: > 
: > When I lived in London I never had a car and never thought I needed one.

: That's nice for you, Miriam, but there are those of us who prefer not to
: spend our lives in a metropolis.

: > And i was living in the East End which at the time was not well connected
: > to the tube system.  During the rush hour it was always quicker to use
: > the tube (Subway) and even the rest of the time, because you didn't
: > have to deal with navigation if going somewhere for the first time,
: > or with parking, using the tube was always very easy and driving would
: > have just seemed a hassle.  Cycling was always good for an adrenaline
: > rush in the morning, too, but that's another story.
: > 
: > Count me in for doubling gas prices in California.

: You want the government to take my money so that you can have a ride.
: Where does that leave those of us not served by public transit?  Is
: there a reason that public transit cannot be supported by users?