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"Anything that can be done by the private sector should be". Yet another reasonable statement that does not bear scrutiny well. So what does government do that could be done in the private sector? Let's see how well such conversions work. The prison system? Law enforcement? The military...

This is poor logic. "Because government does not do its job to my satisfaction, it doesnt work well enough to be supported at all". "Government "only" protects kids from eating lead paint and drinking mercury milkshakes so because it isnt able to protect them from the side effects of rights it...

The problem is an either or mentality. I in no way "believe in government" but I see no alternative. You seem to but have been having trouble telling us what it is. We can bring this conversation (and thanks for hanging with it) round to the title again. I have gotten three shots of a...

Wait. You do understand that law suits are wholly facilitated by government right? And that companies don't often let simple concerned individuals "inspect" their facilities? And exactly how does one sue if there are no government enacted regulations?

Not an answer. Who? What? How do we manage the excesses of big business and foreign incursion? I suspect you have taken up the mantle of Republicans where they believe they are the rational fiscal actors and there is no need for government because we most certainly can trust them and their...

Then how about no government? Is that your ideal? "As small as you can get it" because it isnt efficient as you would like?" You still refuse to answer my challenge. How small do you think we CAN "get it"? Yours is nordquists intent. Will you agree that government is the principle...

Republicans have always outspent dems and dems have always sought to pay the bills responsibly. Who does? We (so far) have a single way to protect ourselves from business and foreign incursion. We select those who lead that group. Who do you see protecting us?

Why? Why is government inherently less efficient? And yet again, what is the right size? Oh, maybe the nsa and Cia are too big, but maybe we don't much need them at all. So what areas of government should we focus on if not protection of the citizens?

Why focus on those? Because they are the tip of our protection from big corporations. Because they are the counter weight to the heavy hand of business. I keep asking you specific, direct questions and you keep offering the vague or insubstantial as response. Are you perhaps conflating the...

So one inspectors per 100 oil rigs is ok with you? I asked you specifics. "Government is too big" ignores real requirements and an estimate of what is right sized. So what is it? You complained of Japan ese government workers but this is not Japan. If there is an issue with overpay I...

What exactly is "too big"? The point of larger government is to offset and balance big business. Meat safety inspectors have the time to inspect meat packing plants once every half a decade. People die from salmonella and poultry firms do nothing until forced. Offshore drilling rigs get...

So, you can't name such companies. Right?

Funny thing, I have found that those who have taken Hallucinogenics and to a lesser extent those who smoke are resistant to propaganda. I personally am unafraid and unmoved by it. And you? Can you coexist with propaganda and still divine the truth?

Please name a company that would pay the ten billion it cost to put the Webb space telescope into orbit around the sun so we could see the origin of the universe. Or the 300 billion it took to put people on the moon and play golf.

Yep, you found a few doctors and scientists that lied for profit. But the studies, the science didn't lie. Don't conflate people with the work they do. And don't label a group based on your bias, it won't long hold up. I recall the Nixon era, I recall the pentagon papers, I recall Cambodia...

Indeed, but your post tends to imply that there are more stupid Republicans than democrats.

And you should talk to someone in life insurance actuarials. Life insurance and related insurance enterprises depend on a real assessment of the number of people who SHOULD die in any given month. They know with a high degree of predictability at what age and from what cause people die. If...

Of course it should be free. The period after the gi bill took effect is ample proof that a free higher education increases national solvency far beyond and immediate expense. Those freely educated folk brought us incredible benefits including the ability to pay for THEIR children's...

I have this problem, I usually take professionals who have no collective ax to grind at their words. I always figure that people who have no personal motive to lie probably don't. And I figured lying about my job was never good for my career

I was going to say that our mistake was abandoning logistics issues to third world countries but then I thought about all those container ships off San Pedro and San Diego so...never mind.