Eurogarth, > While I may prefer to have a private over public model, we do need to > separate the difference between what IS business and what IS Public Service. Hi Garth. Welcome to the gutter. Hehe. Yes, I agree. > Just b/c someone can create a profit, doesn't mean it SHOULD be a business > (Child porn comes to mind as an example) nor just b/c an elected party can > enter a market doesn't mean it SHOULD create a "Public Service (did I > really gain anything from PetroCanada?). I think it was more of a 'which camp are you in, business or service'. > Most Canadians agree that Utility and Health-care services are "essential" > and should be state run... most Americans do not. I think my take on all this is that it should be run publically, however the effectiveness of public programs isn't optimal. I'd like to see more business people in the public sector to shake the trees. Maybe that wasn't conveyed in the threads. > Should we privatize our Military? On education, in the US you can pay what > most of us believe are obscene amounts to go to a private school such as > Harvard, Stanford, Northwest, Yale Indiana, etc. or pay less than half to go > to a State College instead. Some state-schools (Michigan-State, Cal-State, > Florida-State among many others) have quality rivaling many private > schools. So it would seem that the US is split on if education should be > public or private. The problem for us is that IVEY, WLU, UofT could all > charge $100K each and still fill ALL the spots with Americans who'd happily > pay what looks to them like 65K with the added benefit of reduced living > expenses. But military educations have trade offs as well. I think they needed to give an excellent education to spin the military side of things. Cheers --- Rich Fortnum / Viaduct Productions / London (EST) --- LDCMS Web-based Content Management System --- Affordable, Quick, Powerful, Logical! --- http://www.viaduct-productions.com _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/