From: "Dave Ings" 

Just to throw some fuel on the fire :-) I also think there is an important
distinction often lost in these debates: the provision of the service by
government does not necessarily imply the service has to be delivered by
government employees, i.e. it can often be reasonably outsourced to a
private firm.

I find left of center folks tend to equate the two thoughts, and government
union leaders certainly do.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>
> I'm not in favor of free ambulance rides for anything except true
> emergency
> service, such as heart attacks, accidents, strokes, that kind of thing.
> Again that are certain levels of services that must be achieved BEFORE you
> can rationally state you have ANY GOVERNMENT at all.
>

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