Let's ensure that long-term reform of the Social Security system considers the need for both a healthy service delivery structure and a healthy financial structure. Let your congressmen know you are concerned about declining staff at SSA and want to ensure that your local office is adequately staffed and still in business when you need them. Every business knows that being successful depends on meeting customer needs, on giving them what they want, when they want it. That agility is one reason why the U.S. technology industry has become so successful. But that kind of agility can only function in an environment free from restrictive regulation.
Every business competes aggressively in an attempt to make sure they can survive.
But the Microsoft case seems to tell companies that if you do compete hard and are very successful, you may find yourself in court. Added regulation could easily send the industry into gridlock, resulting in higher prices and a decreased emphasis on the consumer. The Coastal Commission will not approve privatization of Pacific Street because it will virtually eliminate the public's unlimited free beach access, including views of the beach activities. The Manchester plan builds over Pacific Street, bulldozes the bluff and eliminates the band shell for a private swimming pool. It also eliminates our Community Center and takes away our public parks for private use.