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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:48:21 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Geiger <runexe@ntplx.net> Subject: Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
Government is like the biggest company in the nation, with no profit pressure to restrain bureaucracy.
I wonder what would happen if we created competition for the gov't. Say, make each state compete with each other, attempting to 'sell' services (roads, welfare, real estate, etc.) for the cheapest rates (taxes). That might force the gov't to radically change. One might say that exists now, as people can choose the state they're in. But what if the state were not restricted to only 'selling' within state lines, and the federal gov't had competition as well? A true capitialist-democrasy.
Just some random thoughts.
Not so random, since this is exactly what the founding fathers wanted until a bunch of bozo's went and created the 14th Amendment... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|