Re: shuttle disaster
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 00:14, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:24:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> I think government pretty much mops up after the services that aren't
> "sexy" enough for private enterprise to think of it (rapid transit,
> police, fire) and should take control of services everybody needs
Ever heard of private security guards? It must be sexy enough for
someone...
> (schools, health care, utilities) that private enterprise has abused
> (price-fixing, racketeering, etc). That should be the new threat to
You haven't seen New Orleans City Hall, have you? It is chock full of
Past Masters at corruption, stupidity, laziness, etc.
> businesses behaving badly: Shape up or we take it.
Things must be different up in Oregon, because, here, for instance, even
low-income people will go into debt to get their kids out of the public
schools, and a 1/2 dozen policemen in the pennitentiary, one on death
row, for killing the woman who was to testify against him, and a
policewoman on death row for killing someone who double-crossed her
while she was guarding a drug ring while on duty. (Note that this is
in a small city, not New York, w/ it's 50,000 police!)
And don't get me started about the streets! A national survey shows
that New Orleans has the 2nd worst streets in the country.
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