Which industries would you re-nationalise?

[spooky3]

Bombardier is the only rail manufacturer with a British factory, with both design and build happening there.

 

Well I know who gets my vote then!

[puisseguin]

http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/british-government-confirms-8-billion-investment-in-rail.html

 

In no articles can I see anything mentioning repayment. It all states investment.

 

To boot, it looks like the contracts will go to either Bombardier or Siemens, how British are these, or are the government giving large contracts to foreign companies again?

 

You don't need to look to hard

 

Richard Scott Transport correspondent, BBC News...

 

The possible 10.8% increase in season ticket costs will not be welcomed by commuters. It's a formula that's set by government though, not train companies. And for every fare which rises by 5% more than the 5.8% average, another has to rise by 5% less (so 0.8% in this case). In other words the fare rises have to balance to make the 5.8% average.

 

It's also weighted so train companies can't increase fares on busy routes and cut them on quiet ones.

 

The increases are part of the plan to shift more of the burden of railway costs to the fare payer. Currently costs are shared by taxpayer and fare payer - the long-term objective is for fare payers to meet 75% of the cost.

[Aries22]

None, they make the taxpayer pay for something that is working at a loss, not a good idea.

[Agent Orange]

Is the cheap flight to Barcelona with a nationalised airline then?

 

No it's not. I was pointing out the distance versus cost madness of the situation.

[spooky3]

You don't need to look to hard

 

Richard Scott Transport correspondent, BBC News...

 

The possible 10.8% increase in season ticket costs will not be welcomed by commuters. It's a formula that's set by government though, not train companies. And for every fare which rises by 5% more than the 5.8% average, another has to rise by 5% less (so 0.8% in this case). In other words the fare rises have to balance to make the 5.8% average.

 

It's also weighted so train companies can't increase fares on busy routes and cut them on quiet ones.

 

The increases are part of the plan to shift more of the burden of railway costs to the fare payer. Currently costs are shared by taxpayer and fare payer - the long-term objective is for fare payers to meet 75% of the cost.

 

Not to be paid back though?

Still only benefiting rail users!

[Berberis]

Energy and public transport.

[mj.scuba]

None, they make the taxpayer pay for something that is working at a loss, not a good idea.

 

Energy firms aren't working at a loss. Bumper profits every year.

[JFKvsNixon]

I can't believe that people still assume that government can run businesses efficiently, if anything has been learnt from the last 13 years it's that government run public services are by nature inefficient.

 

If the power and water companies were nationalised we'd be paying twice, once through our bills and once through our taxes.

[Treatment]

Gas, Electricity and Water.

[Wildcat]

I can't believe that people still assume that government can run businesses efficiently, if anything has been learnt from the last 13 years it's that government run public services are by nature inefficient.

 

If the power and water companies were nationalised we'd be paying twice, once through our bills and once through our taxes.

We pay private sector providers twice as well, through bills. Bailouts and subsidies. The only difference is with private sector suppliers is we also pay their shareholders to make a profit