Your propositions are not credible EasyTimes. You have *NO PROOF* for anything you've said...so that means that what you've said is extremely dogmatic- You're just throwing a tantrum like the NSW State leader.

EasyTimes, do you think it wise to give to these baboons who squandered their public trust by blowing years of windfall Stamp Duties, Land Taxes and GST revenues another go at a few billion?

Really have to ask what's in it for Costa and Iemma. Privatisation of electricity has occurred in UK, SA, Qld, Vic probably NZ so its clear for all to see the downsides of privatisation.

If the states keep abrogating their responsibilities you have to wonder why we have state governments. Maybe those Macquarie Street offices should be converted into the Newcastle Sydney Wollongong County Council like the Greater London Council - Oops that authority wields more power.

There is no option.NSW power will be sold because we are stone motherless broke.The PS Unions just want to shore up their positions of privledge.We just have too many fats cats and the PS unions don't want to lose their position of aristocracy.

They are an absolute disgrace,since they held the Iemma Govt to ransom at the last election.Coster wanted to stop the recruitment of bureaucrats but the PS Union did a deal with Iemma and the rape of our economy continued to pay for their excesses.

Hang your head in shame Billie,since your PS Union bullies have brought us to our knees.

Michael Coster is the only one who has the guts to speak the truth.

Public service bully's? quaint but so very wrong dogmatism?
It is an up hill battle convincing some unions are not all alike.
And while some act like idiots it is very much a minority.
The fact is my opposition to the selling of power is not about turning on a light switch.
This summer some time a storm will cut power to hundreds maybe thousands of homes.
Current management will have one task, no matter what cost,restore the power quickly.
Will private ownership care as much?
Can we all afford endless price increases?
30 billion Easy Times?
How did you turn the 10 billion into 30?
Or get the 50 from the first proposed sale?
You like it or not must understand unions, the best and majority of them, have always been interested in social justice.
Not socialism but true public interest.
In no Way different from so many groups from left and right opposed to this sale.
If you can find in this states history worse leadership than todays you will stun me.
And if you applaud the death of democracy that saw this grubby premier ignore the over 6 to 1 vote against him at conference you are blind.
If a party's rank and file have no part to play, can be over ruled by the rank and vile we are living in a dictatorship.

Dear Belly,

Firstly let me say that I know very little
about this subject. I live in Victoria whose
power has been privatised for quite some time.
Jeff Kennett saw to that.

I've scrawled several websites on this topic,
the jist of it seems to be that Iemma is determined
to go ahead with the sale despite strong opposition
from within the ranks of his own party.
To me that indicates that the man must have little
choice. As another poster said, it's a question of
finances... And I gather that if Iemma doesn't do it,
the opposition will, once they get in.

Belly, I realize that your heart is in the right place,
you're concerned about job loss, rising costs, and the
fact that Iemma is ignoring the will of the majority
within his party. However, the man has no choice. He's
trying to get out of a situation that's already bad, the
best way he can.

Anyway, that's my opinion for what it's worth.