Joelcool7 said:
In a true capitalist world free of all Socialism there shouldn't be any public services at all. You should have to buy fire insurance for fire fighters to attend your fire. Policing Insurance if you get kidnapped or killed or such, who should be paying those cops? Those cops also why should they not be able to advance and make more money with competitors? Private Security Companies would replace police in a truly capitalist world. National Defence would be irrational to go private but honestly you said free completely and a free market can't exist with a Public military, citizens need to pay a Private Security Firm to protect their houses and businesses if all Governments drop their armies and everyone goes private you would have a truly capitalist system. Schools shouldn't be subsidized either you specifically said "Stop trying to make everyone equal" that means if you can't afford the education you shouldn't get it. Why pay taxes at all, I mean roads should be private as well toll booths on each street where you pay the company that built the road. Water, sewers everything should be private. Honestly sorry I am highly against a completely capitalist world, I'm just trying to show you what an ideal Capitalist world would look like if you stopped trying to treat people equally and removed all socialist influences. Also victimless crimes can easily cause victims. You mention Euthinasia but in some countries where it is legal your family now can have you killed if you are costing them too much money. Cases were recently mentioned during the Elections in Canada that in old folks homes if the family couldn't afford the bills of housing their parents and such they could have them put down. Even if the man or woman wanted to live, thats what will happen if we legalize Euthenasia here. Not saying your ideas are all bad, just your ideas seem to contradict one another. Remove Socialism but don't remove Socialism. Go completely free Capitalist but still have some public services. It would appear you just want lower taxes and for those who rely on the Government for help to simply die, which will happen if they suddenly have no services. |
I know the couple things I said seem contradictory but I draw the line at firefighters/police being privatized. Even I think it would be unfair to let a woman get raped because she has no "police insurance" or whatever you'd call it, or let a guy burn to death in his home because he has no fire insurance. I think its better to keep these two areas (and also national defence) government controlled...because after all the basic function of government is to protect us from foreign threats and each other.
As for schools I'm saying subsidized, not free. I know that's still pretty socialist, but its a way better system than the current one of completely public education and unionized teachers that can't be fired no matter how bad they are. If schools are private they will have to compete with each other to draw in students and earn their revenue/profit, they will have incentive to hire the best teachers, keep text books/computers up to date, etc. I've read that certain areas in Washington D.C. implemented school vouchers as a test and students under this system scored way higher than students in the regular public system...but of course it was shut down anyways...
The way I'd privatize roads is not necessarily to have ever road be a private toll road, but certainly to contract repair/maintenance work out to private companies instead of having city workers to keep costs down. I wouldn't mind seeing a few more toll roads though like the 407 in Canada (I believe you're a Canadian as well as me!).
As for your point about euthanasia I think its more unconstitutional to force someone to stay alive when they don't want to. I can see how it could be abused like you mention, but to deny someone the right to die when they are in pain every day from an incurable disease seems like a form of torture. Especially in Canada where it is the taxpayer dollar keeping someone like this alive on public health care. Oh and I forgot to mention my view on health care, I would keep basic health care free but have a two-tiered system so the people willing to pay can buy better service/faster treatment, etc.
Conclusion: I love capitalism but I do admit there are a couple areas that are better off under gov't control (fire, police, defence). I'm not saying these COULDN'T be privatized but I just don't think they SHOULD be privatized. Its really just things like welfare/employment insurance that I want to see disappear the most. I think monetary aid should come from family, private charities, churches, etc...not from the taxpayer.
