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Oh yes, YES.

Exactly. Government in and of itself is not bad. This current trend of suggesting that ANYTHING government run is a bad idea... WTF? Yeah, let's make EVERYTHING privately run, because they're all so honest and good and have everyones best interest at heart.

What a load of shit.

Case in point, your poorly regulated banking system that let the whole sub prime shit happen in the first place etc.

Countries like Australia (yeah, I'm using my country again, well, because we just came out number one on a world poll of most desirable places to live in terms of prosperity and lifestyle) have a very regulated banking industry in which, while there are bigwigs who make way too much money, and where you can get a loan even though you really shouldn't because you're going to have a hard time paying it back, there is none of this predatory lending or bullshit that was going on in the states.

It IS about the people who run a government OR a company, there are great examples of both, and there are times and places for both.

Things like health, public transport, police, fire etc. SHOULD NOT be privately run because YOU SHOULD NOT BE MAKING MONEY from them... they are a SERVICE, they should be the best SERVICE possible, not the best return for a few investors.

Go Mr Black, Go.

Aye, this really boils down my rejection of the conservative philosophy to the basic element: it's all people-driven, either way.

Question is, does a democratic process produce better leaders when everyone gets one vote, or when voting access entirely based on the number of preferred voting-stock you own?

I say democracy can work better, so long as people a) pay attention and b) have good information.

I blame the last 8 years on a failing of the American people on both points.

The size of the failures seem to have fixed a), though I'm not sure how we're doing on b).

Right now, b) is looking better than the days of Hillary, some 6, 7 years months ago.

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>> ^spoco2:
Yeah, let's make EVERYTHING privately run, because they're all so honest and good and have everyones best interest at heart.

Yes obviously not all who run a business is going to be honest, good and have everyone's interests at heart, but not everyone who is in business is heartless and corrupt either.

Do you really think that the majority of those within government who have a say in what's what have all citizens' interests in their heart and are honest and good?? Because that is who you will be putting in charge of the running of businesses and industries.

The point is, it doesn't matter whether you are good or honest. Ultimately, if the business owner has their business's interest at heart, in a free market, market forces and if the business owner didn't want to be put out of business they wouldnt be able to have their evil ways.

>> ^spoco2:
Case in point, your poorly regulated banking system that let the whole sub prime shit happen in the first place etc.

So the fact the the people in government in the past turned their back on the gold standard and started allowing bankers to create money out of thin air has absolutely nothing to do with the problems we are facing today?

And the fact that the banks might have known that the government would bail them out of trouble has also nothing to do with it either?

anyone have a link to the rest of this video?

Bravo Lewis!!! Bravo!

You've missed the point though, what he's saying is not that government necessarily does it better... or worse than private enterprise, what he's saying is that Government == bad, Private == good is a load of shite. Either can equal the other.

I just added though that there are some services which have been privatized in your and my country that should never be because private companies run for profit, and some services just should not, ever, be a run for profit thing.

full video here:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/784010

You know, it's fucking true. Want something completely fucked over? Give it to the private sector.

The human fucking race would become extinct if it weren't for intervening efforts on the part of concerned individuals who actually give a shit about what happens tomorrow.