>>"Would they complain if the government sent money to a privatized firefighting business instead of having firefighting be part of the government?" I believe

>>"Would they complain if the government sent money to a privatized firefighting business instead of having firefighting be part of the government?" I believe they would (probably not as bitterly) but the second half of this, is that there is a face to this business (Musk). Elon Musks's businesses all tend to get quite a fair bit of subsidies, which is why i think Ron Paul talks about "Cronie Capitalism"