Coming San Diego Govt Layoffs

[sdduuuude]

[quote=kewp]Personally, I consider my water/sewer service useful stuff.[/quote]

But is it priced properly ? When we have water shortages, the government mandates toilet ratings and has a department to deal with enforcing what toilet you have in your house. I call them the “toilet police.” So, instead of simply raising the price (as the private sector would) to reduce water usage and encourage savings, they decide that managing all the toilets in the city would be a wise thing to do and hire a group of people to manage it. The cost of raising prices = free. The cost of hiring the toilet police = not free.

I’m sure they are very efficient at policing toilets, though.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=TheBreeze]How was the private sector able to produce trillions in mortgage losses then?[/quote]

They couldn’t have done it without the Federal Reserve, Breeze, nor without government efforts to “increase homeownership.” That was a team effort – very efficient processing of the wrong loans.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=TheBreeze]How was the private sector able to produce trillions in mortgage losses then?[/quote]

They couldn’t have done it without the Federal Reserve, Breeze, nor without government efforts to “increase homeownership.” That was a team effort – very efficient processing of the wrong loans.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=TheBreeze]How was the private sector able to produce trillions in mortgage losses then?[/quote]

They couldn’t have done it without the Federal Reserve, Breeze, nor without government efforts to “increase homeownership.” That was a team effort – very efficient processing of the wrong loans.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=TheBreeze]How was the private sector able to produce trillions in mortgage losses then?[/quote]

They couldn’t have done it without the Federal Reserve, Breeze, nor without government efforts to “increase homeownership.” That was a team effort – very efficient processing of the wrong loans.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=TheBreeze]How was the private sector able to produce trillions in mortgage losses then?[/quote]

They couldn’t have done it without the Federal Reserve, Breeze, nor without government efforts to “increase homeownership.” That was a team effort – very efficient processing of the wrong loans.

[kewp]

[quote=sdduuuude]

With the Federal Reserve banking system in place, you are a complete fool to think that is a free market.[/quote]

So we are all in the public sector then, including you?

You wouldn’t happen to work for the toilet police, would you?

[kewp]

[quote=sdduuuude]

With the Federal Reserve banking system in place, you are a complete fool to think that is a free market.[/quote]

So we are all in the public sector then, including you?

You wouldn’t happen to work for the toilet police, would you?

[kewp]

[quote=sdduuuude]

With the Federal Reserve banking system in place, you are a complete fool to think that is a free market.[/quote]

So we are all in the public sector then, including you?

You wouldn’t happen to work for the toilet police, would you?

[kewp]

[quote=sdduuuude]

With the Federal Reserve banking system in place, you are a complete fool to think that is a free market.[/quote]

So we are all in the public sector then, including you?

You wouldn’t happen to work for the toilet police, would you?

[kewp]

[quote=sdduuuude]

With the Federal Reserve banking system in place, you are a complete fool to think that is a free market.[/quote]

So we are all in the public sector then, including you?

You wouldn’t happen to work for the toilet police, would you?

[TheBreeze]

[quote=CA renter]

As to the govt doing things that the market might not find valuable at the time (because it’s not immediately profitable), this is true. However, it doesn’t mean it’s not needed, or that it won’t be needed in the future, even if it’s not profitable.
[/quote]

Very well said. The Internet actually grew out of something that the government created back in the 60’s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Government spending can actually prove to be very valuable. I would argue that the Internet could have never been done by the private sector as it was such a huge project.

Of course, when you have crony capitalists like Chimpy and sduuuude in charge of government, you get ridiculous corporate welfare programs that result in trillions in mortgage losses. Luckily for America, the philosophies of Chimpy and sduuuude have been totally discredited (through failed implementations), so we don’t have to worry about those kinds of people being elected into government again for a long time.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=CA renter]

As to the govt doing things that the market might not find valuable at the time (because it’s not immediately profitable), this is true. However, it doesn’t mean it’s not needed, or that it won’t be needed in the future, even if it’s not profitable.
[/quote]

Very well said. The Internet actually grew out of something that the government created back in the 60’s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Government spending can actually prove to be very valuable. I would argue that the Internet could have never been done by the private sector as it was such a huge project.

Of course, when you have crony capitalists like Chimpy and sduuuude in charge of government, you get ridiculous corporate welfare programs that result in trillions in mortgage losses. Luckily for America, the philosophies of Chimpy and sduuuude have been totally discredited (through failed implementations), so we don’t have to worry about those kinds of people being elected into government again for a long time.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=CA renter]

As to the govt doing things that the market might not find valuable at the time (because it’s not immediately profitable), this is true. However, it doesn’t mean it’s not needed, or that it won’t be needed in the future, even if it’s not profitable.
[/quote]

Very well said. The Internet actually grew out of something that the government created back in the 60’s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Government spending can actually prove to be very valuable. I would argue that the Internet could have never been done by the private sector as it was such a huge project.

Of course, when you have crony capitalists like Chimpy and sduuuude in charge of government, you get ridiculous corporate welfare programs that result in trillions in mortgage losses. Luckily for America, the philosophies of Chimpy and sduuuude have been totally discredited (through failed implementations), so we don’t have to worry about those kinds of people being elected into government again for a long time.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=CA renter]

As to the govt doing things that the market might not find valuable at the time (because it’s not immediately profitable), this is true. However, it doesn’t mean it’s not needed, or that it won’t be needed in the future, even if it’s not profitable.
[/quote]

Very well said. The Internet actually grew out of something that the government created back in the 60’s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Government spending can actually prove to be very valuable. I would argue that the Internet could have never been done by the private sector as it was such a huge project.

Of course, when you have crony capitalists like Chimpy and sduuuude in charge of government, you get ridiculous corporate welfare programs that result in trillions in mortgage losses. Luckily for America, the philosophies of Chimpy and sduuuude have been totally discredited (through failed implementations), so we don’t have to worry about those kinds of people being elected into government again for a long time.

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