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Xavier Belvemont

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All Government or all Private?

Here on TED I find alot of arguments for/against Government ownership of services and arguments for/against the private sector alternative.
So out of interest let's take this to extremes..

Lets say that oneday the Government takes a piece of paper
and on the paper all services provided by the government are listed.

Police, Firefighters, prisons, highway maintenance, infrastructure, schools, hospitals, military, Public Transport, FDA, EPA, DOE, DOA, sewage system, water infrastructure, Congress, Elections, Legislation, policy, the courts, everything... even the Materials and labour that maintain and create them.

Now, lets say the Government now gives you a referendum and the choice is that every single service either stays with the Government or it goes to private companies to run.
Which option do you choose and why?
There are no other options available.

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    peter lindsay 30+

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    Feb 26 2013: If I have to choose it would be all private but neither extreme is optimum. Extremes rarely are.
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      Krisztián Pintér 200+

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      Feb 26 2013: what is the optimum number of car crashes, malaria cases, hungry children?
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        peter lindsay 30+

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        Feb 26 2013: Enough to remind us not to take our existence for granted. eg The current situation in the west shows that in a world where no-one goes hungry the majority get fat. (You really don't like the government do you?) Maybe you just need to experience a government that does as it's told. Ours is quite obedient most of the time ;-)

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