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Originally posted by widebody911
Ah, a NeoCon to the core, I see - privatize everything - business knows best! Then only the wealthy will have police, fire, sanitation, etc. and all those will be run in the most profitable way possible, meaning the crappiest, cheapest service they can get away with. And if they're a monopoly, which they most likely would be, then it's that much worse.
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That's a cynical attitude. The government hires private industry to do just about everything - build roads and bridges and tunnels, weapons systems, space exploration. Private industry is where all of the inovation and wealth comes from - not government.
Like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, I'm for limited government. Limited government is still government, but doesn't control everything. A socialist/communist government would never produce a Porsche (well maybe a 924).
And private industry doesn't get away with the crappiest, cheapest service. If they tried that, they wouldn't be in business long. Only government is a monopoly (post office) - well maybe Microsoft, but other than that, the market place is the best for providing products and services.