Cingular to Katrina victims: pay up or else

I see, the only place available is on top of my home. That's OK, anything
to help. You may all thank me in advance for $2/gal gasoline. And I give
you all a hearty "your welcome", also in advance. Mr. Town is close to
losing a large Amtrak repair facility, so this works out really, really
well.

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"Jer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Herb Kauhry wrote:
> > OK, that makes it acceptable then, because "that's how it works." I"m
> > having trouble with the 'encourage production' part. Billions of $$ in
> > profits, but are they building refineries? Nooooo.
> >
>
>
> Okay, then let's offer them a little encouragement to help them get
> started with fixing that refinery shortage. I propose a new refinery be
> built on top of your home - of course, don't have a problem with that,
> right? Oops! you do? No problem. I'll encourage the government to
> use eminent domain to seize your land after paying a below market price
> for it. The taxes from that refinery will more than offset their loss
> of the chump change taxes you've been paying. It's a win-win-win deal.
> Mr. Gas Producer gets a new refinery, Mr. Town gets 100x more taxes
> for the property, and you get a new place to live with a permanent roof
> over your head - under a bridge.
>
> Glad I could help.
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

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It's "acceptable" (actually good) because it works, and because the
alternatives (e.g., price controls) don't work.

In fact higher prices do encourage production because they make it feasible to
extract more difficult reserves that are uneconomical at lower prices.

As for limited refinery capacity, that's largely a function of land use
("NIMBY") and environmental issues.

This is getting way off topic -- let's get back to Cingular cellular.


In <[email protected]> on Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:15:06 -0500,
"Herb Kauhry" <[email protected]> wrote:

>OK, that makes it acceptable then, because "that's how it works." I"m
>having trouble with the 'encourage production' part. Billions of $$ in
>profits, but are they building refineries? Nooooo.

>"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:thQRe.11591$p%[email protected]...
>
>> ... Higher prices discourage consumption and encourage production.
>> That's how a free market works.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Herb Kauhry wrote:
> I see, the only place available is on top of my home.

Dunno, that's not for me to decide, it's not my refinery.


> That's OK, anything
> to help. You may all thank me in advance for $2/gal gasoline. And I give
> you all a hearty "your welcome", also in advance. Mr. Town is close to
> losing a large Amtrak repair facility, so this works out really, really
> well.

I don't want your cheap-ass $2/gal gasoline - I want your bone-crushing
$4/gal gasoline. I want the true price of that crap to be felt in
everybody's pocketbook. That way, everybody has a stake in it's use.
Amtrak? are they still in business?


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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:34:58 -0400, llllllllllllllll
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Cingular Wireless is going after no-pays aggressively in the area
>struck by Hurricane Katrina. If you are not able to pay your bill on
>time, welcome to bankruptcy.
>
>GETTING OUT OF THE CINGULAR CONTRACT
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>
>Don't think you can afford Cingular since your house got washed away?
>
>Cingular holds you to that contract you signed without reading all the
>"fine print".
>
>Cingular will take a dump on your credit AND send a debt collection
>agency after you.

If your house just got washed away, what Cingular wants is the LAST
thing on your mind.