I have asked a very simple question of Mr. Tester and now I will ask it of Mr. Thompson and Tom Meeham. They are all complaining about "too much government" and are maintaining that private enterprise could do government services better.
What public services would you abolish or privatize, and to keep Mr. Erickson happy, please state specifically what you would privatize in Saint Paul, who you would handle it, and explain how the taxpayers would be saved money. Mr. Thompson says he would abolish public employee unions. Sorry, that doesn't qualify, The unions are paid for by members dues and not the taxpayers. I am still waiting for an answer. Dan Dobson Saint Paul --- Tom & Elsa Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First on the Outrageous thread. > > I believe that this is another level of government. > If the City Council had their own legal staff, what > would that cost? Would the City Attorney and the > new legal staff file suits against each other to get > legal clarifications? Who would pay for all of > these legal actions going back and forth? > > This is not an idea I would favor in any way. We > have enough bureaucracy without having to have > people picking and choosing which City legal service > they are going to engage to get the outcome they > desire. We need the city to have one legal > representative entity. > > On A Thought About Our Place. > > I agree that Garrison Keiller is basically > advocating a socialist agenda, advocating for me to > pay more in taxes so those with less can have equal > to what I have, or should I say so that those who > won't/can't do for themselves should have > anything/everything I have. Yet I don't see Mr > Keiller giving up his exclusive digs. > > Carlton is a better (maybe that's the wrong word, > more prestigious) school than the U and is more > expensive. Why? Because I am forced to pay taxes > that support the U so that the U's tuition is > unrealistically low. > > What does Amazon charge for the Bill Clinton > book....Too much, any amount is too much for that > book, now if I could get my hands on a copy of Unfit > for Command. > > Which is more expensive a private car or public > transportation. That depends on whom you ask. The > taxpayers who don't use public busses it costs a lot > to have them. I pay lots of taxes to support public > transportation, since it is not a viable operation > capable of self support. > > No I don't think that taxes are the only thing to > look at and public institutions are necessary. We > just can't say that one is "better" than the other. > There is a trade off. We need both public and > private enterprises, we just need to reign in and > control the public spending. We need to get rid of > public employee unions, they work for us, the > taxpayer, and should be reminded of that. I knew > that the 20 years I worked for the public. We need > to look at duplication of services from > city's/county's/state levels. The reason for so > much duplication is control, as in the city council > having it's own legal entity. Once someone/an > entity has control of power they are not going to > give it up without a fight. Let's work on creating > less dependence on government and more reliance on > ourselves, our families and our communities to help > provide for those in need. > > Tom Thompson > Como Park > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
