To getinrdone --
Finally some financial/economic sense. Many societal problems -- in the U.K., U.S., and elsewhere -- can be traced back directly to the feeling of entitlement, the belief that "the government owes me something." Internal and external security, enforcement of laws, and other very few and specific tasks ... those should be the purview of government. The rest should fall to the private sector.
That said, although it might sound contradictory, I do agree that the government owes us PLENTY, considering the vast percentage of our income that it confiscates. Sadly, when the government tries to provide any service that's better and more efficiently performed by the private sector, the results are disastrous. I'd rather keep my tax money and buy services from companies that have a competitive stake in success or failure ... when the government devours an industry, there's no competition, no profit, and thus no incentive for it do its job well.
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