re: #272 The Shadow Do

Amazing, just amazing. Hand off health (that would be yours/your life/your self) to government. Eliminate the marketplace and replace it with a central bureaucracy. Brilliant, so many of the world’s deficiencies can be mitigated this way.

No offense, but you have a lot of learning to do. You can start with a trip to your County courthouse or, for more advanced studies, go to your State drivers licensing office. Or more simply still, read a book or two on what the effects are on society (that would be you) in a centralized/authoritarian environment.

Maybe ‘free’ nose drops for your sinus condition are more important to you, but I’m not one to judge that.

Who else would you like to “put out of business”? Who else do you want to “get rid of”?

You know, I live in a major city and have made five or so trips to the Department of Transportation and Motor Vehicles in the last year. I’ve never had to wait more than a couple of minutes, the forms were simple and straight forward, the staff was friendly. I am impressed every time by the level of service that I receive, and actually do see my tax dollars at work. I realize that not all states are so well ran, but I do believe that some areas of government work very well. If the trains run on time, you should not complain about the threat they pose to the auto industry, instead you should be asking two questions: Does this system work, and how can we improve it?

Private security firms were not “put out of business” by the municipal police force.

I believe there are meritorious points on both sides of this debate, but please do better than “Private sector good, Government bad”. It’s not that simple.