Only in socialist newfoundland

Everywhere I look all over the place whether it's in newspapers online television and everywhere else I see advertising from Newfoundland power saying stop using so much energy. That's right they are actually telling their customers to stop using their products so much. Most of the time they are badgering us to purchase more insulation and to use programmable thermostats to maximize efficiency. Well this is what always happens when you introduce socialism into any sphere of life. No other company on the planet whatever tell you to stop using their products so much. But whenever you have socialism you have shortages and high prices. Then that leads to rationing. We can't have nice things because of this.

I just finished reading an article about a similar situation with hot water and water flow. The municipal and provincial governments regulate the amount of water you can have flowing through a tap or shower faucet also with toilets. That's why half the time when you flush the toilet the stuff doesn't even go down fully it just stays there or you have to use a plunger for the toilet brush to clean up afterwards. This never used to be the case in fact toilets were continuing to get better over the years but then of course the government comes into play and there are again shortages and lack of what you need. The same goes with water temperature. That's why people used to be able to put things in the dishwasher and when they came out they would be sparkling clean. No longer now you put things in the dishwasher perhaps for an hour and when they come out there's tons of food still left on them. That's what everybody always says you have to rinse off the plates and cups before you even put them in the dishwasher. So because the government is in charge of water there is obviously a shortage and a lack of quality and will have to pay for it by having dirty dishes and spending much more time doing your dishes that we normally would have to. This also affects our clothing which comes out of the washer. Instead of being sparkling clean the clothes are just barely passable and not really that clean. Detergent companies even had to go out of their way to develop cold water detergent which clearly doesn't really clean anything.

It's just so typical of the government to just try to ruin our lives at every turn in the name of progress but really it's not progress at all but a regress and regress into a worse and worse quality of life each and every day.

Simplistic Arguments from Non-Libertarians.

Here's one of the problems: While libertarians are asked to provide a start-to-finsih explanation of how their system based on freedom will work, and be able to answer any and all objections, non-libertarians simply have to state "the government will fix it" and that's considered sufficient.

I often engage in such discussions with people. Their thought process is as follows:

1. Problem identification
2. Government needs to spend money to solve this problem
3. Problem solved.

This isn't just people who don't know much about the system who talk like this. I listen to open line shows sometimes and you'll get high-paid executives from various industries or agencies who will use the exact same logic, never going any deeper in their analysis.

They are very good at talking about why their issue is of utmost important, but there is absolutely no creativity in solving it.

Now, #2: Government needs to spend money to solve this problem is often replaced with "government needs to regulate this more". It's always one of the two. Either more regulation or more money. That's it. You present me any problem and I can use this logic to solve it.

Problem: Roads are insufficient
Solution: more gov. money on roads

Problem: Not enough day cares
Solution: More government day cares

Problem: workers don't get enough money
Solution: Legislate higher wages.

Wow, what an easy job. The crazy part is that most people don't believe other solutions even exist. If I were to ask these advocates what the next best solution would be, they would draw a total blank.

And the other thing is people who don't advocate government involvement seem to be required to explain, in detail, how everything will work perfectly.

Oh, and to top it off, they aren't judged against the real world results the government is currently getting. They are judged against utopia. So we must perfectly explain, in detail, how we will achieve utopia, while the statists get away with simple rewording the problem as a solution.

The failures of government are forgiven but any failure in the private sector is harshly condemned. Usually the reasoning is something like "well, yes the government program failed, but they tried their best." but "yes the private sector failed, because they are greedy and only care about profit."

So that's what we're up against.