…for the free market to handle?

State police, city police, county police, fire, road building, road repair, street cleaning, snow plowing, Water, sewer, garbage pickup, building inspectors, Soc Sec, Medicare, Medicaid, animal control, parks and wildlife, DMV/DPS, CIA, NSA, FBI, FAA, FDA, CDC, DCFS, EPA, FDIC, DOT, DHS, BEA, FBOP, FHA, NTSB, NHTSA, IRS, NASA, NOAA, USDA, ATF, DEA, DHA, TSA, US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corp, US Army, US National Guard, US Coast Guard, US Army Crop of Engineers, Census Bureau, etc are all services essentially run "socially" by the federal, state, and local governments. These are only a handful of the hundreds of departments and services run by the federal, state, and local governments. There are hundreds, if not thousands.

Now, if you look in the yellow pages, there are thousands upon thousands of goods and services offered by the free market, from accountants to Joe the plumber to yoga instructors.

So what determines which services should be socialized and which should be left to the free market?

well I have a belief that corner markets(markets that effect every thing) need to be stable and cheap to the mass. So if that means socializing so be it, but it does not have to be

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8 Responses

1. imaxkr Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 3:29 am

   It should be the voters at the state and local levels.
   There is no need nor constitutional mandate for most of the federal programs that are in place right now.
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2. - Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 4:12 am

   How about reading the constitution, that’s about as far as you need to look.
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3. Demo Man Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 4:21 am

   You aren’t going to get what you want. repubs only answer will be, then they go off in another direction.
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4. Huggy Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:07 am

   NEWS FLASH: Public services are NOT Socialism.

   Why? Because the true purpose of Socialism is to redistribute income & wealth. The purpose of a public service is NOT to redistribute income & wealth.

   Of course , many Socialists will deny this.
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5. The Big A -- American Atheist Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:17 am

   well I have a belief that corner markets(markets that effect every thing) need to be stable and cheap to the mass. So if that means socializing so be it, but it does not have to be
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6. NoBama Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:33 am

   Government should do ONLY what Only government can do. (eg, national defense.)

   Just follow that rule and you have the answer.
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7. jeff m Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 6:04 am

   A history I read summed up by saying that history is driven by stupidity and greed. "Elites" will exploit, their rapacious nature can only increase – as they lose popularity , they have to bribe ever more supporters and coerce greater payment from the peasants, until the system collapses.

   I think it mostly depends on how stupid and greedy the citizens are. If they believe politicians will deliver services better than someone who is rewarded based on what people are willing to pay in a free market, then they are stupid enough to elect democrats.

   If they are greedy enough that they are willing to divert resources from productive uses to nonproductive, as long as it benefits them in some way , then they are greedy enough to elect democrats.

   Republicans are disappointing, but they have to compete against democrats, who are disastrous.
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8. Mark Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 6:47 am

   The things that should be socialized are things that you don’t have a choice in………the things you must have.
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