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To: TimF who wrote (299994)8/14/2006 10:13:41 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575938
 
"The post office provides a service that private companies could provide. "

To everyone at an affordable price? Nonsense. The weak point in private post offices is that there are always areas that cannot be served economically. While you could argue that those areas don't deserve to be serviced, that just isn't a way to run a civilization.

"The public schools provide a service that to an extent private institutions DO provide."

Only to a certain extent. Private schools can pick and choose what students they accept. Discipline problems, children with special needs, the ones that can't afford tuition are all rejected. I suppose you can make the argument that those children don't deserve an education, but again, that just isn't a way to run a civilization. A wolf pack, maybe.



To: TimF who wrote (299994)8/15/2006 2:29:58 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575938
 
The post office provides a service that private companies could provide.

Then why don't they?

The public schools provide a service that to an extent private institutions DO provide

Then why doesn't everyone go to private school?


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