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  • Private Enterprise Does It Better

    08/04/2010 6:45:27 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 5 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | August 4, 2010 | John Stossel
    Click here to find out more! In "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity," I bet my readers $1,000 that they couldn't name one thing that government does better than the private sector. I am yet to pay. Free enterprise does everything better. Why? Because if private companies don't do things efficiently, they lose money and die. Unlike government, they cannot compel payment through the power to tax. Even when a private company operates a public facility under contract to government, it must perform. If it doesn't, it will be "fired" -- its contract won't be renewed. Government is never fired. Contracting...
  • Stoplights' Unusual, Potentially Deadly Winter Problem

    01/09/2010 7:55:59 AM PST · by ricks_place · 26 replies · 1,141+ views
    ABC ^ | Jan. 8, 2010 | ELISABETH LEAMY and VANESSA WEBER
    LED Lights Don't Melt Snow on Traffic Lights, Hiding Signals From DriversA huge swath of the country is getting snow and it's raised an unusual and potentially dangerous problem for motorists. Communities across the country are converting to LED traffic lights, but these lights don't emit heat, so snow doesn't melt like it would with a regular incandescent bulb. In some cases, Drivers then can't see the signals. During a snow storm last year, Lisa Richter of Oswego, Ill., had a green light and was turning left. But police say a driver in the oncoming lane blew through his red...