Empathy and caring - more of this and many problems could be solved.

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. 

A higher drop rate.

I wish we could reduce the worlds population by about 5 billion and that societies would start using more renewable resources and that consumerism would go down. The planet would focus more on living with nature rather than living as if we are there to conquer it. I would also replace all the Judeo-Christian religions with Eastern philosophies.

That is partially true, however there are already private schools competing with Public. I think the whole Union thing is hilarious and the protection given to bad teachers is insane. But in all honesty public schools are already as cheap as the Government can run em  everyone who can afford to send their child to private and has any knowledge of the system does so. The public schools just ensure everyone in the country gets an education.

Problem if their is no free education for the low income communities. Then they will produce illiterate and incapable people, people who can't work jobs and end up needing to be bailed out constantly. You take away education from the poor and you lose all those brilliant business men who rose to power from nothing. If they hadn't gotten that public education or the assistence needed they would never have created the capital empires.

Problem isn't social services its how they distribute social services. Rehab programs should be mandatory for anyone who smokes, drinks or does drugs and if they refuse to get help and fail rehab constantly then they need to be cut off social services. But there is a problem with that as well as my local Police Chief explained to me, if you take the money away from the addict and they are incapable of stopping their addiciton they won't stop. Those people will turn to crime to feed those addictions but if they get just enough from the Government to feed their addiction and the Government offers them help to end it. Then they are less likely to steal the money or commit crimes to fill their urges.

Look there are some people on social services who shouldn't be, I'll say that. But their are others who genuinly need it and without them society has problems. Thats how democracy came about in the first place in France those poor people who were constantly being ignored and not helped. Those people rose up and toppled the wealthy.

The system right now works best (Canada's) I am right now on mental disability and I know others on mental and physical disability. We all contribute to society when we can't find work. We volunteer we donate alot of money we get from the Government back to the city or too charity. I know a few who are just lazy but guess what I only know a single one still on social services because each year your on welfare they make it harder to re-apply. Most of those I have known who lived off welfare are all fully employed now, one friend had to prove he had handed out 250-resumes and not been hired in order to get another year of welfare. Also those on welfare are required to take career advice classes and get help in finding work and getting back out there.

Canada's unemployment rate is low and honestly if taking care of 5-8% of the countries population while expecting them to contribute to society and helping them find employment in the future. If that is how its working I see very little wrong with it.

Also all those people accepting welfare cheques assuming they are spending their money on something other then drugs. Every dime they spend goes straight back into the economy. Which employs the people paying the taxes that help the poor in the first place.

That is a very important issue.  Unfortunately, it seems that parents have become less involved with their children.  Parents need to be more involved with their children.  I know there are plenty that are but there are also plenty that aren't.  I see too many areas that parents have failed and expect society, schools, etc to pick up the burden.  A parent can be of great positive or negative influence.

Most have brought up some very good wishes for humanity.  I haven't had the chance to read them all yet.  I will respond more to this thread once I get a chance to read all of the responses.  Thanks to all that have contributed so far.