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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-11 12:30 PM
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26. No, what I'm saying is ...
... in my humble experience, I find government and government workers perform their jobs in a much more economically frugal fashion than does the private sector.
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  -Should government be run like a business? Curmudgeoness  Feb-09-11 07:25 PM   #0 
  - The Constitution does not call for that in any manner.  JoePhilly   Feb-09-11 07:30 PM   #1 
  - Also, cut employees...  KansDem   Feb-09-11 07:37 PM   #3 
     - Cutting employees isn't the half of it.  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 07:42 PM   #5 
  - No it shouldn't.  Swede   Feb-09-11 07:31 PM   #2 
  - If only  Kennah   Feb-09-11 07:39 PM   #4 
  - So are you saying that your answer is yes it should  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 07:45 PM   #7 
     - No, what I'm saying is ...  Kennah   Feb-10-11 12:30 PM   #26 
  - No. Businesses are for profit. Government is to serve the people. nt  Ilsa   Feb-09-11 07:43 PM   #6 
  - a corporation has no obilgation to the common weal  datasuspect   Feb-09-11 07:46 PM   #8 
  - Exactly. Privatize the commons, and you really create haves and have-nots...  WhaTHellsgoingonhere   Feb-09-11 08:06 PM   #13 
  - It's an empty catch-phrase.  Telly Savalas   Feb-09-11 07:48 PM   #9 
  - We may have worked at the same places. nt  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 07:58 PM   #11 
  - no. nt  abelenkpe   Feb-09-11 07:56 PM   #10 
  - It cannot be run like a business. It is not a business. Good point. dc  david13   Feb-09-11 07:58 PM   #12 
  - No. Absolutely not.  bluestate10   Feb-09-11 08:06 PM   #14 
  - Good point. Make you wonder how much driver's license would cost  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 08:25 PM   #21 
  - No (nt)  bigwillq   Feb-09-11 08:07 PM   #15 
  - I hear this all the time.  Cleita   Feb-09-11 08:11 PM   #16 
  - Better accounting is definitely possible, but only if  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 08:19 PM   #19 
  - It amuses me how people who hate taxes want the government to be profitable. nt  bemildred   Feb-09-11 08:16 PM   #17 
  - You mean like when 40-50 of start-ups go bankrupt within the first year...  WCGreen   Feb-09-11 08:18 PM   #18 
  - Government cannot be run like a business. GWB, uses that  OHdem10   Feb-09-11 08:24 PM   #20 
  - And all these years later, we still hear this slogan. My new rep  Curmudgeoness   Feb-09-11 08:27 PM   #22 
  - Hell NO!!!  Motown_Johnny   Feb-09-11 09:06 PM   #23 
  - It already is. Its here. It arrived a long time ago.  MichiganVote   Feb-09-11 09:42 PM   #24 
  - Meaningless aphorism  Taitertots   Feb-09-11 10:05 PM   #25 
 

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