Political Theory

Re: Private Fire Fighters

Sieben — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:23:39 GMT

The only complaints people can lodge against free markets is that they don't work out perfectly every time. Well, no free market has ever comitted genocide, so there's that.

Re: Private Fire Fighters

Michael J Green — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:16:10 GMT

Actually, privatization of public goods has repeatedly resulted in economic, social and ethical disaster (example: England’s 18th century Acts of Enclosure, or the privatization of France’s war debt by John Law), so why are we still talking about this?

LOL...

It's unfortunate that the public firefighters did not just put the man's fire out, or allow him to pay the fee once they arrived. But just because the state slapped a price on a service does not suddenly make it a non-government regulated, private service subject to market competition.

Re: Private Fire Fighters

DD5 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:10:58 GMT

The first story is a city/town run fire department so what's to respond here to?

The second story is precisely that; a story. It sounds dubious also. A lot like the stories you hear (mostly outside the US) about how in the US, they won't treat you and let you die if you don't have insurance.

Private Fire Fighters

Libertyandlife — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:50:54 GMT

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Firefighters-watch-as-home-burns-to-the-ground-104052668.html

http://thesocietypages.org/economicsociology/2008/10/30/15/

Response to such claims?