One More Time Again

As I write this, the TV news is all about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Everybody wants to know what caused it. The media are already searching through old records and have discovered that—allegedly—the bridge was found to be in need of repairs when examined in the recent past. Whose fault is this, anyway? I don’t know, but do know that this is part of the infrastructure for which the guvmint is responsible. Seems like everything in that infrastructure is falling apart, wearing out, and lagging behind. Newt Gingrich—remember him?—made a speech recently in which he gives two comparisons of guvmint and the free market. To see the video you can go to: http://www.youtube.com--/watch?v=15D3ElV1Jzw. Lord, love him or hate him, Old Newt always could ’splain things clearly and simply. To throw in another example of my own, for $10 you can buy a prepaid calling card at a truck stop without providing your name, rank, date of birth, or Social Security number. You can then go most anywhere and call most anywhere else. The card connects to a computer which confirms that the card is valid, connects to the number you wish to call, counts the minutes you talk, calculates the charge, then deducts that amount from the balance on your card. All that for $10, and somebody makes a profit on the $10. It’s an old story—the guvmint can’t do anything as cheaply and as efficiently as the free market. So why do we keep turning things over to the guvmint? Beats the hell outa me. We’d love to post your comments. Please click the comment tab at the top.