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> Private owners respect and conserve their resources Except when they don't. Blanket statements like that aren't very helpful. > politicians [...] use up
by shykes 17y ago
> Private owners respect and conserve their resources
Except when they don't. Blanket statements like that aren't very helpful.
> politicians [...] use up resources in a rush
> to accomplish short term, idiotic goals.
Except when they don't. Or when the goals are decided by the private owners who bought them lunch.
- req2 17y agoPrivate owners that don't conserve their resources quickly find themselves without resources to conserve; governments that don't conserve their resources get another chance. Many things get in the way of this simple statement being true.
- randallsquared 17y agoOr when the goals are decided by the private owners who bought them lunch. I think you missed the point. If the property in question were privately owned, then the goals concerning the property would be the owners' goals, not the politicians' goals. To the extent that the politicians' goals control property, the property isn't privately owned (except for the corner case of property the politicians privately own).
- shykes 17y agoAllow me to reformulate my point for clarity: 1. Politicians don't always mismanage publicly owned resources 2. When they do, it is often on behalf of a private interest, e.g. a real estate developer contributing to their next campaign