Government should go out of business
Jan 29, 2009 Governmental Reach
A couple of Minnesota lawmakers are introducing an idea to have a “government garage sale” to raise funds to alleviate the deficit and, even better, put them out of business. The main component: sell the airport
“The airport is a significant asset,” Brod adds. “Why is the state running the airport, which provides restaurants and shops and the functions and the operations that a private business probably would do very well?
“So what we’re looking at is just … raising the real question of ‘what should government be doing?’”
The government has proven not only to be poor business people, but often-times corrupt. We have several very recent examples, including our own Treasury Secretary, Charles Rangel, and a Governor who tried to make a business of appointing a replacement Senator. One can imagine what we might find when we drill down into businesses who aren’t entirely motivated to make a dollar, for if they fail they can simply ask for more taxpayer funding.
On top of that, we are in a situation that needs a little creativity at this point.
“The discussion is often ‘do you tax more, [or] do you spend less?’” Brod says. “But it seems to me that there is a third option out there, and that’s reforming how government operates.”
The bigger question, as State Senator Michel and Representative Brod point out, is in regards to what government should have their noses in at all. Some other places, outside of business, they should relinquish non-watchdog interests are in education, medicine, religion, and science.
Tags: airport, business, Government, twin cities
