Well, the original post posited that the Federal government is always better than the state in deciding policy and methods.
That simply is not true. The basis of my post was about the value of energy suppliers having
mandatory reliability standards by means of regulation and the difference between a government agency
recommending vs regulating. That is what I posited in my post. That was the basis for what I wrote.
NOTHING in
"the original post posited that the Federal government is always better than the state in deciding policy and methods". That is an illusion, generated by your imagination—not my post.
posit: assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument.And NOWHERE did I say
"that the Federal government is always better than the state in deciding policy and methods". I pointed to
one instance where the Public Utilities Commission of Texas should have regulated mandatory reliability standards for winterization rather than just recommend them and pointed out multiple instances where the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission discussed the winterization efforts that the Texas PUC recommended, but with the added suggestion for the state to adopt
mandatory reliability standards.
I pointed to ONE instance where mandatory regulation of winterization standards that were recommended by a federal agency might have saved a state needless suffering. It does
not follow that I said the federal government should regulate everything or always makes better decisions than a state.
On the other hand, I
have heard it posited that states know better than the federal government what is best for their states and their citizens. I pointed out one instance where that might not have been true and took a poke at that notion being
universally true at the end of the post. That's it.
I can speak for myself pretty clearly. Putting words in my mouth is completely unwelcome and unnecessary.