[quote]We can make it better, the whole system. Consider this; Basic infrastructure is provided by the government, obviously using taxes. You know, the bare minimum things needed for functioning hospitals and fire departments and police forces. But, instead of the current system where businesses like private hospitals have to build their resources from the ground up, they employ this basic infrastructure provided by taxation to minimize the costs of running a higher end company, or even a middle tier one at that. In fact, optimally, the higher end company would share resources with the middle end provider. Due to the basics of supply and demand, this would mean it would become cheaper to purchase higher end services like faster responding police forces and better health care, because your taxes are already paying for part of it, you're just "upgrading", not buying an entirely separate service. Is there some fundamental principle I'm missing that would throw this whole thing under the bus? It seems like a win for everyone involved.[/quote] ^Wyoming