Posted on 06/15/2005 6:39:14 AM PDT by SheLion
It's true, so help me. One of the nicest guys I ever met, had me in stiches all through the interview.
Sounds like a great tag line.
Should all of those be privatized? Yes.
All that happens with government providing services is that the efficiency and quality of the services decrease. In addition the, by subsidizing these inefficiencies with confiscated funds, we put availability at risk.
Think of the power problems in California over the last few years.
How often are your roads available for full use? How many options do you have at your airport? Has the quality of student learning increased as education costs have skyrocketed?
You need to read "Applied Economics" by Thomas Sowell.
I had some doozy interviews wehn I was a reporter, but nothing to compare to that one of yours! What a hoot.
CSM - you and I are usually in total agreement - but here is a time when I can't go with you 100%
Are there parts of government bureaucracies that could be privatized or totally eliminated? Of course there are and lots of them should be. But definitely not all of them.
I completely and totally agree with Gone GF that privatizing areas such as support personel for critical government responsibilities (public safety, military, etc) is not the way to go. The list can go on and on about the areas that should not be privatized..........
We can expect an upturn in cigarette-related violence.
Do you consider Halliburton to be privatized? What advantages should we realize by keeping some functions as direct government employment?
Im not being snide - I truly do not understand your Haliburton reference.
What a profound statement!
Ronald Reagan, is this that guy who is on MSNBC with Monica Crowley? ; )
I wonder how tobacco grows in Maine.....
If you think the cost of private education hasn't skyrocketed, then you haven't checked out the cost of a private high school or college lately. Astounding.
I'm not saying nothing can be privatized. But I can tell you that in my state we tried privatizing a large portion of the DOT and parts of it -- not all -- had to go back to public control again.
OIC! Ok. Thanks for the link. Since I roll my own I can buy all of that locally, except the machine. But I am sure someone out there will see the link and it will be of value to them. :)
I will keep the link for future reference though.
Oh yes! There is already a site on the Net about the killings/muggings and violence now over cigarettes. It's chilling.
Hahha! No, I don't think so. hehe!
With our weather, I wouldn't even attempt it.
The farmers couldn't even start planting this season until June because the whole month of April and May was cold and raining every day. :(
JZelle is the one that posted the link earlier and I thought it was you. No no, don't post a link if you think it will jeopardize the company, that's for sure.
But it was my mistake. Sorry. :)
Who needs Ipecac when these people are around?
No problem, I would never consider you snide.....
The Haliburton reference was just an example of military support being performed by a private company. I was wondering if you consider their role to be privatized or still under the control of the gov't enough to be considered government employment. I can see how it would be considered either way and it would depend on an individual perspective. Personally, I consider them privatized, but I can see how someone may think of them differently.
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