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Well I don't support the government in this one and juding by the other citizens here, I don't think ANYONE supoprts the governments decision ( all the other goverment workers walked out the next day in protest of the legislation).
Nobody REALLY supports the strike to begin with but legislating them to work is wrong without some form of arbitration hearing.
I also had a letter printed that I sent to the editor of Vanouver's Province newspaper about the idiots who thought it was supportive to drive by a hospital at 2AM and honk their horns repeatedly in support of the strikers, don't they realize people are sick and trying to get rest in what is supposed to be a quiet zone??? What a bunch of morons, and these peolpe are operating motor vehicles!
But with all this, I got to thinking about the government and public services like road repair, transit service etc. Now the hospital employees are saying that this isn't the way to run a business but it's NOT a business it's a government service. This then got me thinking of al the people here on TR who think their government is hired like a company to work in their best interests.
So talking with my history professor (former professor from Cal.State)neighbour and he also agreed, NO GOVERNMENT IN HISTORY HAS EVER BEEN RUN LIKE A BUSINESS!! It cannot be run like a business and shouldn't be run like a business.
To begin,
Q) What private business investor would actually take an interest in a government service and see it as a business venture?
A) Not a single SANE person on the planet.
Q) What government service, transpotation, police, fire, medical, electrical etc. is actually a profitable business?
A) None of them
Now in BC our former 'Government operated' bus service was bought out by an Alberta based company. In the ONE year that they have been running the service, they have managed to claim 4 cents per litre on all gas sold in the province. (Government kick back) They get a percentage of the road taxes (government kickback). They are currently planning a new extension to the local Skytrain system, they have also convinced the government to hand over 100 million in order to properly plan and BEGIN the project and bus fare has nearly doubled.
So the idea of a government being a business, or people thinking they HIRE poiticians to work in their best interests is absolutely ABSURD and nonsensical. It is not feasible, it is not logical and it is most definitely not possible to run a government the same way you run a business.
So the next time you see someone comparing a government decision or action to what a company would do, or saying it makes logical business sense, think twice IT'S NOT A COMPANY and couldn't be one if it chose to. Not unless you paid three or four times the amount of taxes that you already do.