But what else has Scranton, PA been spending taxpayer money on? The police are an essential feature of a proper government, set up for the purpose of protecting

But what else has Scranton, PA been spending taxpayer money on? The police are an essential feature of a proper government, set up for the purpose of protecting individual rights. The police, courts, military are all functions that a business can't and shouldn't do (sure, private contractors can carry out tasks for these aspects of government, but the ultimate authority must lie with the government, beholden only to the law, not to any one person or group). When the government moves past its core mission of protecting individual rights, it violates them. The lesson of Scranton, PA (and a lot of other governments) is that trying to be more than a limited government turns into no government at all (or awfully close), in the long run. Not good!