Craig Birkmaier wrote: > When running a politically supported oligopoly is simply not enough... Naw. The tax code SHOULD be adjusted to promote good stuff and to discourage bad stuff. Macroeconomics is legitimately the job of the government, not private enterprise. And vice versa, microeconomic decisions do not belong in Government. Government is clueless about running a business. The US TV and movie industries are a treasure, if anything. One of our major exports. The last thing we need Government to do is to tax it to hell. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.