A fortnight ago I highlighted an inter-businesses solution that was achieved nigh entirely without DC involvement.

The airline and cell phone industries <gasp> sat down with each other and <GASP> reached mutually beneficial solutions to problems that arise because they both utilize wireless spectrum.

They did so with almost no DC involvement.  Very little government.  And very little utilization of DC’s Lobby Industrial Complex.

I wish for a world where very little utilization of DC’s Lobby Industrial Complex is routine.  But I’m a dreamer – not a delusion-ist.

I am a realist.  Which means I understand that there are times when government has to be involved in what the private sector wants to do.

So let’s do it wisely, shall we? (more…)