Sure. In many cases, the services wouldn't exist, because there wouldn't be enough people participating to make it profitable. Do you think that there would be phone-lines to farms in the middle of freakin' nowhere if each farmer had to pay for the lines to be laid?
The bottom line is that if something were truly "good for the country" and would "increase the wealth of everyone", it would be an easy sell to get people to participate.
That presumes that both sides are telling the truth and acting in good faith. That didn't happen, for example, in the health care bill debate. Se: Death Panels.
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Date: 23/3/11 16:40 (UTC)The bottom line is that if something were truly "good for the country" and would "increase the wealth of everyone", it would be an easy sell to get people to participate.
That presumes that both sides are telling the truth and acting in good faith. That didn't happen, for example, in the health care bill debate. Se: Death Panels.