Sorry, but I can't agree with most of that. Government should not build ANYTHING. They can contract with the private sector to build things, but this has a long history of corruption including the building of the railroads in the 19th century. The government has the luxury of using other people's money, which they generally like to squander. We should do all we can to limit governments ability to do anything. Did you see Ray LaHood's comments...Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told The Daily Caller that he is “very proud” of the Economic Recovery Act of 2009 that put 65,000 people to work with $48 billion in federal funds for the Department of Transportation, amounting to $738,461 per job. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/lahood-im-very-proud-of-dot-stimulus-spending-at-738000-per-job-video/ ---Most typical of government out of control.
In a capitalist society, if their is consumer demand for something, the private sector can meet that demand far better that government. History proves my statement correct.
We won WWII primarily because government contracted with private industry to build the biggest war machine the world has ever known (sadly, that machine likes to be overfeed and this tendency toward obesity, continues to this day). Had government not allowed the private sector to build war machines unencumbered, we might have lost the war or incurred even greater losses of men and equipment. Of course, the debt we incurred to win that unfortunate war was unprecedented (until progressives like W and Big Ears blew up government debt).
The outsourcing of jobs has a great deal to do with federal government policies, which inhibit competition. Secondly, government likes to play favorites with the private sector. Those who get the favors can destroy their competitors. Thus eliminating competition and in the worst case, resulting in Fascism.
