Government Overreach According To Sane Economists: the internet!

Pawlenty misunderstands the purpose of government.

It is not to compete with the private sector in the provision of goods and services (ie: wants).

It is to provide public services, utilities and assistance programs (ie: needs) to everybody, equally, all the time, for the benefit of community health and well-being.

Government programs are meant to operate at a loss, because their goal is not profit but the enrichment of public life and value. Water, roads, education, fire, police, ambulance, power, essential services, etc... all fit under this mandate.

To privatize any of these things, where they operate as competing fiefdoms for profit instead of public utilities for the well-being of the citizenry, is to invite suffering, misery, confusion and death.

I think subby missed the point. I'd gladly pay extra taxes knowing the government would provide me with live tigers whenever I needed them.

Whar Single-Payer Tiger Providers???? Whar??