There is of course, a fairly difference between a security guard a a cop. It's a complete false comparison. A police force tackles actual crime - equally. It doesn't matter whether the victim can pay for the case to be pursued or not.
Some local councils started charging for fire-service callouts. What actually happened was people stopped calling them when they saw houses on fire, or started trying to tackle fires themselves, and the fire-service itself called radio stations to complain about people getting hurt trying to save 200 quid on a callout, becase it was usually better for the homeowner to let the house burn and claim the full insurance, than try put it out, or pay the callout charge. Which was below the policy excess. The original private fire services happily let buildings, and their screaming contents, burn if they didn't that particular company's medel.
I'd rather a group of properly trained and professional soldiers, than a bunch of fucking redneck yahoos with itchy trigger fingers whu just wann shoot sumpin good.... (As an aside, having fully armed soldiers turn up at your door, is always an amusing experience. And you can see the ammunition in the magazines. Yes, we know. Stay inside, stay off the mobile phones, wait until the all clear. )
Public transportation runs at a loss because ridership is below what'd make the route economically viable. There're plenty of villages/routes that, while being perfectly open to public competiion, ust aren't bothered with because there's no money to be made on them. Even the intercity bus-routes that are being snatched up, the services are almost always direct routes, and 'quicker', by just bypassing every village and town along the way. While the State service has to burn more fuel and drive more hours to reach everyone.
Infrastructure.
Good roads, unipeded by tolls (The sheer havoc one toll bridge can cause on traffic). Reliable rail connections. Clean water services. Good power grid connections. Stability and security of supply. All of these things are good for attracting industry, jobs and general economic activity that is considered b everyone to be good good. And all of these things are generally best tackled by the state.
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Some local councils started charging for fire-service callouts. What actually happened was people stopped calling them when they saw houses on fire, or started trying to tackle fires themselves, and the fire-service itself called radio stations to complain about people getting hurt trying to save 200 quid on a callout, becase it was usually better for the homeowner to let the house burn and claim the full insurance, than try put it out, or pay the callout charge. Which was below the policy excess. The original private fire services happily let buildings, and their screaming contents, burn if they didn't that particular company's medel.
I'd rather a group of properly trained and professional soldiers, than a bunch of fucking redneck yahoos with itchy trigger fingers whu just wann shoot sumpin good.... (As an aside, having fully armed soldiers turn up at your door, is always an amusing experience. And you can see the ammunition in the magazines. Yes, we know. Stay inside, stay off the mobile phones, wait until the all clear. )
Public transportation runs at a loss because ridership is below what'd make the route economically viable. There're plenty of villages/routes that, while being perfectly open to public competiion, ust aren't bothered with because there's no money to be made on them. Even the intercity bus-routes that are being snatched up, the services are almost always direct routes, and 'quicker', by just bypassing every village and town along the way. While the State service has to burn more fuel and drive more hours to reach everyone.
Infrastructure.
Good roads, unipeded by tolls (The sheer havoc one toll bridge can cause on traffic). Reliable rail connections. Clean water services. Good power grid connections. Stability and security of supply. All of these things are good for attracting industry, jobs and general economic activity that is considered b everyone to be good good. And all of these things are generally best tackled by the state.
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