[nfb-talk] blind and wanting to improve things, not get labeled

[David Andrews]

Well, the government probably has more money, and can provide things 
in a more even-handed regular way.  Yes, there are problems with 
administering government programs -- but private ones too.  Who 
hasn't had billing problems with an insurance company, a phone 
company, a a bank or a credit card company.  Any large system that 
tries to make everybody, and everything the same is going to have 
these kinds of problems.  If you think the government has a monopoly 
on the bad stuff, or that the private sector could administer a large 
program without mistakes, fraud and the rest of it is just thinking 
selectively to make a point.

Dave

At 11:43 PM 4/22/2010, you wrote:
>Chuck, I don't know you of course, but based on your comments, I'm 
>tempted to think that you don't receive social security or Medicare 
>benefits. I and many of my friends can relate horror story after 
>horror story involving the bureaucracy and ineptness of various 
>government programs. I've asked many liberals in amicable debates 
>why they believe that the government is better able to provide 
>assistance than the private sector. I ask on a historical, 
>efficiency and motivational basis. At the end of the arguments, 
>though many platitudes come across, I've never received a solid answer.
>
>
>RyanO