Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
I agree with law enforcement and defense but the FAA should be privatized, it isn't even Constitutional. Canada has a private ATC system and it seems to be working well for them.
ATC, sure. It's a commodity, easy to define requirements and performance metrics, and supervise compliance of the service provider.
FAA, no. They are a regulator, not a service provider. Look at what happened with the Max when they "outsourced" some regulatory authority...
The constitution says government must do some things, and it says it must not do certain other things. Anything not specifically called out is fair game either way.
The constitution does NOT prescribe how the government runs, it just sets some boundaries. I'm not a softy on the constitution by any means, I actually took an oath on that. But it has to be taken fairly literally, otherwise anyone can rationalize anything and then you have to take up arms to settle the issue.
Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
No, that's the worst case scenario because you then have mass corruption / corporatism also known as crony capitalism.
As opposed to corporations with no oversight?
Obviously elected officials have to watch the the overseers, and the voters have to watch the elected officials. If not, then your crooked types will naturally gravitate to unsupervised public money.