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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (412475)	9/2/2008 11:48:43 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574059

How much confidence do you have in McCain after its become clear he did not vet Palin before putting her on his ticket? They Just Didn't Vet Her 02 Sep 2008 07:20 am Josh Marshall nails it: A lot of attention is being given to Gov. Palin's daughter's situation. The much bigger deal is the expanding trooper-gate investigation, the fact that Palin lied in her Friday speech about her purported opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere, her apparent former membership in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and more. Individually, you can come to your own judgment about how consequential these stories are. What they show pretty clearly now -- in addition to the news that the McCain campaign is only now sending in a vetting team -- is that John McCain didn't do any serious vetting of Palin before he invited her to join his ticket and, he hopes, become Vice President of the United States. Fundamentally, of course, this is about John McCain. And the real issue here is what this slapdash decision says about his judgment. ...contd at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (412475)	9/2/2008 1:51:46 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1574059

When a function becomes inefficient, then it's outsourced. I don't think you realize the funding pressure on government agencies. ---------------------------------------------------- I don't see that happening except in specific functions. Right, that's why government should only do it when it's more efficient, not for ideological reasons. If the private sector can do it better/cheaper then it makes sense. How do you outsource education? How about law enforcement? Fire protection? Education is done with vouchers. Law enforcement and fire, I'm sure it's done some places. Most importantly, how do you "outsource" services like wealth redistribution programs? I don't know what you mean by wealth redistribution but will assume you mean Social Security? It would be simple... hire IBW or another company with a lot of computers and have them cut the checks and make the investments. But it would probably be much more expensive. Jeb Bush came into Florida with the plan to outsource virtually all of government; then he started getting the private sector quotes. He did some some... but most the government could do much cheaper.