>Sure, by closing the unprofitable branches, cutting service to thinly populated areas, cutting maintenance and staff to look more profitable for the IPO or to boost the stock price, looking for a good sale of the whole business or selling more stock. What would prevent a next Enron in this case?
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>So am I to infer that you believe the government to be much more virtuous and altruistic than private enterprise?
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I don't. But I don't believe the converse is true, either.