On 08/14/11 09:48 pm, HeyBub wrote:

One point I should have made, but didn't, was that those government
jobs, in virtually every case, could be done with less cost, faster
completion time and more accurately by the private sector.


Well... well... What about firefighters, eh? What about them! As it turns
out 85% of firefighters are volunteers. Next.

Okay, then. How about police? Interesting. In my town there are probably
five times the number of private security guards as there are police.

The military? Probably most wars in history were fought by some concoction
of mercenaries. If we have a war, we could probably hire an army.

Speaking of mercenaries, I have read that the Byzantine Empire hired
mercenaries on principle, since they knew that they could not expect
Christians to go to war. Times have changed, haven't they?

Perce