04-01-2009, 03:28 PM
Quote:You can combine public impetus, with private investment and ownership (and maintenance). I would have no problem with the US government helping to kick start a project to build 50 new clean power plants to displace coal and oil burners, solicit investment from the private sector, and turn over control according to investment once the project was completed. In fact, the government could even "own" a portion until its original taxpayer investment was returned then sell its remaining shares. I would always design and want the government to be a "zero sum" proposition, in that they should not grow bigger every time they have an idea.
Of course you 'can' but it will be much more complicated than just use tax. If everybody has to decide about every small thing if he wants to participate it leaves very little time to for example go to work......or eat.