The proper role and scope of government

Lamplighter · 10-11-2011, 05:05 PM

Funny (not) how things that go around, come around... and the pendulum swings back and forth.

The US had a similar history of railroad jigsaw pieces that did not fit together,
until the late 1880's when the cats were herded via our Interstate Commerce Commission.
Then they were nationalized for WWI
Then they were re-privatized in the 30's
US time zones were a result of the jigsaws, but they are ruled by state government.

Locally, Portland pushed through a small multi-county "coordinating council"
called Metro based on area-wide auto and truck transportation needs.
This "council" has now grown to a dominate force over the region
controlling all manner of transportation (buses, streetcars),
garbage and recycling, natural areas (parks, greenways, rivers and streams, trees, invasive plants),
on and on, to even tourist destinations such as the Oregon Zoo.

10-11-2011, 05:05 PM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Funny (not) how things that go around, come around... and the pendulum swings back and forth. The US had a similar history of railroad jigsaw pieces that did not fit together, until the late 1880's when the cats were herded via our Interstate Commerce Commission. Then they were nationalized for WWI Then they were re-privatized in the 30's US time zones were a result of the jigsaws, but they are ruled by state government. Locally, Portland pushed through a small multi-county "coordinating council" called Metro based on area-wide auto and truck transportation needs. This "council" has now grown to a dominate force over the region controlling all manner of transportation (buses, streetcars), garbage and recycling, natural areas (parks, greenways, rivers and streams, trees, invasive plants), on and on, to even tourist destinations such as the Oregon Zoo.

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