Business would never permit government to adopt a business model. What the government adopted was a business RHETORIC, which included things like "cost recovery" and "user pay" for public services. The free market model, it seems, only applies to subsidies that don't go to wealthy folks and political pals. On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Victor Milne wrote: > Hmm, didn't all this mess develop after the government aggressively adopted > a business model for its operations? Tom Walker
