TheRealMafoo said:
name one service the government provides that's cheaper then the private sector.... one. Everything the government pays for, you and I pay for. If the people don't pay for it out of there pockets, where is the money coming from? it doesn't come out of thin air. |
Police protection, military protection, firefighting services, emergency aid...you see, a private company offering those same services would not want to do so without making a profit, and the government is not interested in making a profit, it is simply providing those services.
It is much more difficult to reign in on a private industry too because cities would have to sign a whole bunch of contracts with a whole bunch of different providers of these services across the country which would generate a bunch of needless litigation if there was fault on the part of the provider of that service.
Please explain to me how that would be cheaper, or a better alternative? There is a reason why the government takes control over some things, because it would be inefficient to let the private sector do so. Would we want to have all of our military power in the hands of private corporations? What's to stop a foreign country from paying them more so they would wipe us off the face of the earth?
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