"... it always amazes me how people always think government is a corrupt, inefficient provider of something that they don't like, but somehow magically transforms itself into an efficient, economically sound organization when it is going to provide something they do want"
The Odd Couple: Ron Paul and Ralph Nader Take On the Corporatocracy
Posted by David Kramer on January 20, 2011 12:41 AM
Listen to the terrific answer Ron Paul gives about why he doesn't want the government providing universal health care. As per Ralph Nader on this particular issue, it always amazes me how people always think government is a corrupt, inefficient provider of something that they don't like (wars, in Ralph's case), but somehow magically transforms itself into an efficient, economically sound organization when it is going to provide something they do want ( health care). They don't understand that it's the nature of the beasta forced monopoly of forcethat will always tend toward mediocrity because it doesn't have to compete with anyone else to see if it needs to improve itself (in terms of the quality of its services or the price its charging for its services) and because it doesn't have to answer to the demands of its "customers" (i.e., citizens) because it can forcibly demand payment from them (i.e., taxation) whether they like the service it is providing or not. Government, unlike the "evil" (at least in Ralph's view) voluntary private sector, can do whatever the heck it wants to do because it is a forced monopoly with guns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwIZ4syCFLc&feature=player_embedded
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