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» pink101 - Follow up

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Once again; but, this time in bold type. Here is my statement: By no means do I contend that private capital should not be able to compete in each of these fields just like our U.S.P.O. has private competition with U.P.S., Fed-Ex, and others. If getting the mail is important, the five I've mentioned are more so.
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I think government should hire the best qualified industry leaders to head up each of the five agencies. I think that each of the agencies should be profit oriented in the same way that private industry is profit oriented.
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Brian wrote, I am totally against the simple "Tax-and-Spend" mindset that so many liberals have when it comes to the government. They see a need and call on the govt to raise taxes and throw money at the problem. The government can't always do that. Nor should it.
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But, I don't hear you complaining about the way the government throws money into the pockets of private industry through so many subsidies. Taxes should be seen as being similar to mark-up. For some reason, dumbo supporters of Capitalism have no problem with the profits being made by the multinationals; but, have heart attacks when it comes to seeing their taxes raised.
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Tell me straight out, do you believe government has a right to make a profit?
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-- posted by pink101