Time for European style socialized medine

[TaraJo]

Distrust for big corporations stems from the fact that they can get away with screwing people over because they form monopolies and get governments to legislate in their favour. Take those restrictions away, and other companies will emerge as competitors, forcing the larger corporations to play fair in order to preserve their market share. In a free market, competition is key to ensuring that corruption is kept to a minimum.

Ok, I could see that happening, but it would also have to include strong anti-trust laws to prevent one company from buying out all the rest or to prevent all the companies from joining together to fuck everyone over.

Other than that, everything should be optional and up to the citizens. There have been fire departments in the US that are set up with a local "fire tax", which people can choose to pay. If they don't pay, then they run the risk of their house burning to the ground. If they do pay, they get the service. I don't argue that a fire service isn't a good thing, but I do argue that it should be up to individuals to decide what they use their money for. I would always pay the "fire tax", but I'll defend anyone's right to not pay up.

I don't agree with that. If my neighbor's house is on fire, I don't care whether he's insured or not; I want the fire department to put it out before it threatens my house.