Source: The American Conservative
by James P Pinkerton
“‘Tennessee River’ = Tennessee Valley Authority, the giant public operation, established in 1933 during the New Deal, stretching across Tennessee and parts of six adjoining states. History buffs also know that TVA’s status as a government-run entity has been sacrosanct. After all, in 1964, Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater mused about selling off TVA, and he was clobbered in the November election, losing 44 states, including the Volunteer State. So with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe, it has seemed that the idea of privatizing TVA would forever be met with a dark and stark nevermore. Yet … a century ago, in the cheery days before the 1929 Crash and the subsequent Depression, the idea of private development was ripe.” (10/06/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/will-the-tva-survive-trumps-new-deal/