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To: sawgrass who wrote (2887)	10/21/1997 8:09:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10921

sawgrass, <<do they have a competitive advantage in providing other benefits to the economy?>> In most places, e.g., supplying essential services, privatization works better. But public-private partnerships sometimes work quite well (e.g., fighting wars). <g> SC

To: sawgrass who wrote (2887)	10/21/1997 8:38:00 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

< if that is the governments comparative advantage ( in assembling and commiting forces) , then i have no problem with that. do the y have a competitive advantage in providing other benefits to the economy?> How about like anything people want it to do????? Like keeping that old rusted out truck out of the street! DAK

To: sawgrass who wrote (2887)	10/22/1997 2:50:00 AM
From: Jack Be Quick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

sawgrass, >>no problem with that. initially government was set up to protect through centralized power. if that is the governments comparative advantage ( in assembling and commiting forces) , then i have no problem with that. << Well, that's one objection to government cleared away<g>. While you're thinking about that, you might also want to ask yourself how we know that Bill Gates "owns" his Microsoft shares and his great big house? Maybe I own them, or maybe you own them - or, maybe - the issue is decided by the government creating "ownership rights" and recognizing (and enforcing) Bill Gates' right to these. You want to see the "private sector" at work: pack a truckload of your belongings and go try to move into Bill Gates house, see how quickly "government" gets called in. Simply put, there is no private economy without government. (Well, you could maybe find an isolated group to live with somewhere with the illusion of no government; but somehow I doubt that you'd want to give up the ownership rights in any "stocks" you may have acquired. At least, not before the next earnings report comes out<g>.) John