On Oct 28, 10:47*am, "Lu Powell" wrote:
John Stossel, inhttp://www.jewishworldreview.com/1009/stossel102809.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. So government must do it for them. More often than
not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that
leaves the intended beneficiaries worse off. Of course, this resulting
failure is never blamed on the political approach - on the contrary, failure
is taken to mean the government solution was not extravagant enough."

The entire column is worth reading.

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The Tea Party that counts is November 2, 2010

Let's take a look at infrastructure. Let's take one small aspect of
it, our interstate highways. What if they were all built and ran by
private entities? They could charge you whatever they wanted! I
completely understand supply and demand, BUT, as a country we are a
wide flung society that needs those very roads for commerce. Now let's
say that our airline industries safety entities (FAA, etc) were
privately ran. Want to fly into a U.S. airport? Well, we'll charge the
living hell out of you until you either stop coming here, or fail. It
goes on and on.