Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Tax Freedom Day Message-ID: <5743@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:48:53 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.5743 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:48:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:48:53 EDT References: <1121@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1110@mnetor.UUCP>, <720@utcs.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 18 > ... But more seriously, > I don't see what's wrong with the government's owning businesses, as long > as they're not actually run by civil servants, which crown corporations > aren't. ... Unfortunately, the owner of a business generally has some say in how it is run. So crown corporations ultimately *are* run by either civil servants or politicians, although day-to-day decision-making may well be in the hands of supposed businessmen. (Just how businesslike is it to know that the government isn't going to let you fail, no matter how inefficient you are? Or that your stock price is irrelevant, since the government isn't going to sell anyway?) I agree that it's better to see the money going to Ottawa than to Delaware, but it would be still better to see it going to Canadian private investors. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry