I agree right back...gov't should be in a lot of ways run like a business. As much as I am loathe to love Reagan, that was one of the things he did right. He set up a lot of government accounts as subcontract work so the free market could compete and provide the service.
Things like mowing the grass in national parks for example.
Gov't should also run like a business in another way...it should be "customer oriented." We should be using our tax dollars for practical things here at home. City parks come to mind, as do state forests and decent highways. Decent lunches for school children would do wonders. I'd love to take part fof what we spend on one F-22 Raptor warbird and provide fresh fruit, veggies, and fresh, locally sourced meat for school children. Yes, some of it would be wasted, but then a lot of it wouldn't.
And it's pretty hard to low a field with a tank.
Part of my real problem with the "right" is the insistence on no government at all. Your in the building trades, I'm in the building trades...I actually like Code enforcement because it keeps people honest about their work, and levels the playing field so more people can compete for work. Plus...we have one standard of work. I can come help you with a project in jersey, help Camino with a project in PA, help cubitar with a project in Arizona, and then help croc with a project in LA.
All those different places might have regional differences in how things are usually done, but overall...we have a standard of how things are done here. To me...that HELPS our free enterprise system.
And I really think the key to our economic future is small business-you own one and I work for one-to me that's the way our nation needs to fly-lots of self reliant small business people that provide services to people. Not saying we don't need general Motors and General Electric...we do...but...think small business and we'll think alike.
Chris