The main reason that a government shouldn't be run like a business is the profit motive. There is a key point here that the "government should be run like a business" people miss. The goal of government is decidedly not profit. The purpose of government is ...
Mike's post at Quiche Moraine is chock full of insight on this question.
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um, to provide a relatively safe outlet for the aggressive proclivities of wannabe alpha males (and the occasional confused female...)
anarchistically yours,
bk
As I read in another blog, it's something about the way people see things in a very simple, almost black and white, way. They are just too uneducated (I won't say stupid) to appreciate the complexities of any situation.
The government shouldn't operate for profit (so why do so many politicians profit from it), but that's no excuse to squander the public's money either.