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To: monday
I didn't say that all services commonly refered to as public could be privatized, but only that many could be in the future. Yes they could, as they were before. We reflected on it as society and decided that we do not want street lighting to be private, for that provides for exclusion.

Already many neighborhood associations maintain the roads and lighting in their neighborhoods. These are open to the public. You are absolutely correct. Note, however, that these associations are a form of government in that they have a coercive power. Every member of that locale MUST pay for that lighting. As an outsider, I cannot buy a house there unless I agree to these terms. Your example illusrtates my point.

130 posted on 01/13/2002 11:19:22 AM PST by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark
"Every member of that locale MUST pay for that lighting. As an outsider, I cannot buy a house there unless I agree to these terms. "

Hehe, funny thats just the way the private free market works. I cannot buy a hamburger from Burger King unless I agree to their terms. I know what you mean but a neighbor hood assoc. is a voluntary form of gov't. I have a choice, not like the US gov't. although many have a choice there too. LOL, we can always leave for elsewhere if we don't like the way things are run. Called voting with your feet, and I expect increasing numbers of people to do it in the coming decades.

131 posted on 01/13/2002 11:38:51 AM PST by monday
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