crockett

Well I haven't paid attention to him this time around but he was for pretty much closing everything govt and then letting big business do it. Example he thinks the post office and VA hospitals should be shut down to let private companies run them.

Now of course the PO is having troubles now but it's really not their fault, it's a sign of the times where they simply have less business but need to provide the same service standards. Up until recently the PO has been a great example of how the govt can get things right sometimes. I'm pretty certain that neither UPS or fedex would manage to provide the same service that cheap.

Now on the VA hospitals.. It's already been proven that when private companies take them over they end up costing more and service levels go down and in negligence levels at times. (AKA remember the whole Walter reed fiasco and Dick Cheney having his dirty little hands in that mess.

The simple fact is there are some things the govt gets right and we need more of those examples not just turn everything over to big business to create more problems with future bail outs..

Not to mention health care.. I live here ion Mass and while I didn't qualify for the Mass health I was able to buy my insurance via a different program used by the state. TBFH it was pretty awesome insurance policy and it cost me $32 a month.

Now that I can no longer use that service I have to buy via a private company and it's 4 times as much with no where near the quality or benefits. Mitt Romney made a pretty good system it just sucks that you can't choose it over private if you want it.

Yet because he's a Republican he tries to distance himself because of the whole "socialism" thing and right wing rut jobs will hate him. I use it as an example because the system works and it's Govt run and it's better than what I current get via private company. I would personally rather use the Mass state plan if I could, because it's quite simply better and cheaper than what I have now.

Meaning yea the govt often pays too much for stuff but if managed properly they can typically do it cheaper than private companies. One only needs to look at the absurd cost for various services from Iraq contractors for clear examples of that.

If you start turning everything over to private companies like RP wants, then it wont be long til they are gouging the fuck out of us. Ron Paul just doesn't seem to get that.