> At the risk of starting another economics-related thread and 
> being sucked into it... :)
> 
> Government is always less efficient at spending money, than 
> the private sector. It's just the nature of the beast (recall 
> our recent Shuttle software development discussion) -- those 
> in the private sector who waste money, are sooner or later 
> self-destruct. What's worse, the government always invents 
> uses for the extra money it collects -- you often hear about 
> new taxes, but how often do you hear about tax repeals?


We should have put Government in charge of the dot.com boom.  Sure, a lot of
money got wasted there (your definition of waste may vary), but imagine what
could have happened!

Tony

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