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 Re: Faith in our government
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Nov 8th a 10:37 PM
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| by Mellowicious |
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You have poked one of my sore spots, I believe.
The government is not designed, or intended, to be efficient. The government is designed, in large part, to handle those areas too inefficient - or sometimes too dangerous - for the private sector to handle.
Case in point: state universities are government owned and operated because private universities were too expensive, or too geographically remote, for middle-class students.
Case in point: county medical services exist to put health care in reach of people who are too remote from the nearest health care system, or unable to pay. My aunt made a living as a home health care nurse. Imagine the cost if she had worked for a private company.
Then look again at the effort to privatize prisons, with extremely poor results. Some things should not be run for profit. Similarly, I don’t want to drive over bridges built by Acme Bridge-Builders Inc.
On the other hand, planes generally land where they’re supposed to.
The government can screw up; that’s for sure. Look at Hoover Dam. On the other hand,look a5 theTennessee Valley Authority.
You think you don’t know what the government does? I guarantee you don’t. It’s vast. It’s not always right, by any mean
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