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The U.S. used to primarily have for-profit firefighting. Switching to a state-run system drove out the commercial providers. And that's by all accounts, a wonde
by the_gastropod 8y ago
The U.S. used to primarily have for-profit firefighting. Switching to a state-run system drove out the commercial providers. And that's by all accounts, a wonderful thing.
Business for the sake of business is not necessarily good. If the business does not provide real value any longer, it shouldn't exist.
- MR4D 8y agoSo why not have the government run everything then? Government for the sake of government is never good.
- the_gastropod 8y agoWho are you arguing against? I never suggested anything of the sort. Some things lend themselves very well to for-profit businesses. Others do not. Firefighting and filing your taxes to the government strike me as two things the government can probably handle better than capitalists.