Posted On: February 21, 2008, 10:15 am CST

Posted By: Shared Misery

It would truly be aweful if these carriers were able to keep this money, make capital investments and improvements, and build a better system.

I don't understand how anyone could be against this; let's look at what this allows and creates in the marketplace....

Since carriers can't make an "unseemly" profit in one year to set aside funds for the next year, they have to charge higher rates each year because there is no may to accurately how many employees are going to fall off of a roof during the year (sure, there is a best guess estimate, but people and storms don't live up to the predictions).

So, the benefit is the rates remain artifically high and the the government can say it is protecting the consuming public.

Socialism is great, the equal sharing of misery and woe.