Good article. People forget that government exists soley to provide the survices that we deem necessary to run a orderly society, and do not lend themselves to making a profit. ie: education, care of the poor, care of the sick, care of the elderly, care of the infrastructure, care for the enviornment, defence of our borders, dealing with the criminals etc.

In a crisis government must step in and provide the fix. Demonizing government programs and glorifing privatization of all of the things that should not be tied to profits began with the Regan trickle down boys. "Run government like a business" sounded like a good idea but couldn't work.