Re: [GBlist] Taxing

[Allan Gratia <dragnet@indian-creek.net>]

True, private companies can be inefficient too, but the big difference is they will go out of business.
Government merely increases taxes and hides from accountability.
As Americans, we should always resist asking government to do for us what we should be doing for
ourselves.

Racheli&John wrote:

> ** Reply to note from Valle Kincaid <vkincaid@TreanorArchitects.com> Fri, 25 May 2001 10:28:11 -0500
> >From Racheli
>
> In my opinion, the dichotomy between
> government/private sector is false:
> We don't have an inefficient government
> on the one hand, vs. efficient corporations
> on the other.  What we've got is a government
> working in the service of big corporations,
> (and actually being replaced by them - even
> as we speak)...
> I don't agree, BTW, that governments are the
> only inefficient institutions.  It seems to me that
> inefficiency is the middle name of practically
> any LARGE organization.  (This is not to say
> that small organizations are *necessarily*
> efficient).
>
> What we need is a government which works
> in the service of the people, not in service
> of the rich.  How to get there is out of the scope
> of discussion on this list.  But some of the first
> steps which need to be taken have to do with changing
> the legal status of corporations, and changing our election
> financing-laws.
>
> R.
>
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