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symbioidljquick note/idea...
it just popped in my head now, and i've not fully evaluated implications, and i'm heading to bed, but want it down, and have you add your insights to this.
privatization sucks.
most on my friends list agree with that. some more than others.
but i'm not a big traditional "liberal," so I'm not necessarily opposed to thinking about alternative systems of things. this includes reducing gov't waste.
i was reading something about gingrich, and for some reason, the idea popped into my head... privatization usually means putting a service into the private MARKET which has a profit motive for it.
Now, what if there is something else. Instead of the government providing services, and instead of turning it over to profit-based corporations, what if people can form non-profit orgs, that will deal with these issues. However, the money will not be from individuals, there will still be a collective/tax-based system, but would this help eliminate waste???
Would this be less, more or equally (in)efficient?
Are there any good reasons for doing this, and what are the possible negative effects...
must sleep.
thanks for any insight...
P.S. my overall hunches are that this is a dumb idea, and that it's not going to either be more efficient or less complicated, that it could open the way to even more fraud(this time through the organizations) than a regular government system, but perhaps less fraud than a pure corporate system. bah.
it just popped in my head now, and i've not fully evaluated implications, and i'm heading to bed, but want it down, and have you add your insights to this.
privatization sucks.
most on my friends list agree with that. some more than others.
but i'm not a big traditional "liberal," so I'm not necessarily opposed to thinking about alternative systems of things. this includes reducing gov't waste.
i was reading something about gingrich, and for some reason, the idea popped into my head... privatization usually means putting a service into the private MARKET which has a profit motive for it.
Now, what if there is something else. Instead of the government providing services, and instead of turning it over to profit-based corporations, what if people can form non-profit orgs, that will deal with these issues. However, the money will not be from individuals, there will still be a collective/tax-based system, but would this help eliminate waste???
Would this be less, more or equally (in)efficient?
Are there any good reasons for doing this, and what are the possible negative effects...
must sleep.
thanks for any insight...
P.S. my overall hunches are that this is a dumb idea, and that it's not going to either be more efficient or less complicated, that it could open the way to even more fraud(this time through the organizations) than a regular government system, but perhaps less fraud than a pure corporate system. bah.
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