tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5907355368737479896..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: ManticoreRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69354394832001640432010-03-25T16:29:25.734-04:002010-03-25T16:29:25.734-04:00As far as the military goes, it's not staffed ...As far as the military goes, it's not staffed by bureaucrats so much. Rather, private citizens enlist or are contracted into the ranks of the armed forces for a fixed time of service. Then they return to the private sector.<br /><br />But weapons and equipment development and manufacturing are done in the private sector.<br /><br />Public school systems are supposed to be local government charges, but state governments have grown to regulate education and channel national funds to and control over aspects of local school systems.<br /><br />Most law enforcement is local with state and national level law enforcement only for specific areas of enforcement.<br /><br />Fire departments are local and many are staffed by volunteers and funded by private donations.<br /><br />So I would say that his observations are mostly of local governments which makes them loosely inductive at best and fallacious at worst. It seems that local governments tend to do better at governing than the ultra-bloated federal government.Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-6398418333686621742010-03-24T13:32:49.761-04:002010-03-24T13:32:49.761-04:00I don't object to gov't doing whatever the...I don't object to gov't doing whatever the private sector either can't do as well or can't to at all.<br /><br />However, Reppert acts as though his examples are self-evidently true. He's obviously done no research on the issue, or even thought very deeply about the issue.<br /><br />Also, privatizing various functions isn't synonymous with libertarian philosophy.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-40007261180307891922010-03-24T13:11:26.806-04:002010-03-24T13:11:26.806-04:00Are you just arguing with him on his own terms, or...Are you just arguing with him on his own terms, or do you really believe that a Christian political system would be libertarian?Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683320115621070088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38596561653079569902010-03-23T23:39:03.531-04:002010-03-23T23:39:03.531-04:00http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02...http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02/colton-california-considers-disbanding.html<br />This is a link to an article about fire departments contracting out to an outside agency.MDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544862332782876648noreply@blogger.com