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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'A')nd do you seriously believe the police and armed forces should be privatized? That's even worse than Nozick.

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Government and "free market" approaches have advantages and disadvantages. One problem that neither is handling well these days is shortsitedness. Politicians worry about polls and elections. Board of directors don't look much past the next quarters numbers. Obviously voters and investors need to do better or government and business will fail.

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I sincerely doubt that Dirigisme will be the way of the future.

Lets be honest with ourselves and admit that government programs (no matter how "successfull" they may be) ultimately cost the taxpayers dearly. It is a win/lose situation. Whatever "gains" that were made from a "successfull" government program came about through financial losses imposed on the public thru taxes. At the end of the day 1 plus -1 == 0....it's that simple.

When PO hits I doubt the populace will be interested in paying more taxes to support these government programs. If anything PO will spell the end to Dirigisme.

where will the money to fund these projects come from???