Harry wrote: > Wow, Chris! > > "idiot Mayor" > > "Open doors for bribes" > > "maximize profits for fatcats." > > So you do understand the way governments operate!
Actually, all of these quotes referred to privatizations and NPM, NOT genuine government. "Open doors for bribes" referred to bribes given by a corporation so that this corporation gets the monopoly on fire service, which is what you suggested. But if the fire service is NOT privatized to begin with, there is NO PLACE for bribes! Just like there is NO PLACE for "maximize profits for fatcats" if all public services are provided by the state. Look, Harry, in Switzerland we have ample experience with public services that run like clockwork (as even Swiss-basher M.Gurstein conceded). But since the neo-cons are privatizing these services, the services go downhill and the prices go up. So your _theories_ don't impress me at all, because I know the _reality_ of privatization. > No wonder you prefer competitive private enterprise where if they copy > government by doing the above, you fire them. Actually, private corporations who have a monopoly on a public service (as you suggested in fire services) canNOT be fired by the users, and will NOT be fired by bribed officials. > You can't fire government. Of course you can: Elect an other government! Or as we do here: Tell them by referendum what they can do and what they can't. (Unfortunately, the neo-cons own also the other candidate, but that leads back to the Predator/Producer issue...) Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
