"Don White" wrote in message
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"jps" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:47:10 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

John Stossel, in http://www.jewishworldreview.com/100...sel102809.php3
makes a convincing argument for government to butt out:

"Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can't
do
things for themselves

You need to spend some on history if you believe this bull****. The
federal government has a central role in making our lives safe through
regulation.

All you silly asses like to paint it as nanny state, when it's really
infrastructure to help make our society work.

Stossel is a self-important putz.


I can't believe a former policeman like Lu Powell would follow that line
of thinking.
Weren't the early police forces more like private security firms? Only a
fool would thing we'd be better off putting such things as policing, fire
protection, schooling etc all back into private hands.



There you go, attacking the messenger. Obviously you didn't read the entire
piece. Nobody is advocating private police forces. Early police forces were
not private firms. You need to study history more and liberal mindspeak
less.