[gg188]

I'll leave that argument to the libertarians (of whom I am not one.) Rothbard and/or other libertarians besides arguing that law enforcement should be private have also made cases I have read for privatization of defense. I am not expert and the libertarians on FR could possibly illuminate this (if they aren't stoned on marijuana.)

When someone mentions privatization of ANYTHING, the left goes off the deep end to scare people away from ANY privatization.

Privatizing war is pretty extreme, and you know that is extreme. Privatizing other government endeavors is certainly not unreasonable for anyone except Dems, who need to make sure government grows its monopolies rather than relinquishes any of them.

[TomSmedley]

Privatizing war is pretty extreme,

Letters of Marque and Reprisal are constitutional free-market approaches to war fighting. A distant relative of mine, Samuel Smedley, inherited his dad's ship at the age of 16 -- and served as one of George Washington's contract pirates. In his first year at the helm, he "liberated" more tons of British shipping than any of his peers.