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Stossel’s challenge

Thursday, May 10 at 10:47 AM

Allen Linnell of Thornton writes:

I would like to take up the challenge put forth by 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel in the May 2 item, “5 questions for author John Stossel, critic of public schools.”
He stated, “I’ll give Rocky Mountain News readers $100 if they can tell me one thing the government does better than the private sector.” The government can fund, create and maintain a viable military. Only in his dreams could the private sector rival the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. I look forward to my check.

READER COMMENTS

Space Exploration
Particle Physics research
Hadron Colliders

$100 each please Mr. Stossel

Posted by Spud on May 10, 2007 03:03 PM

1. DARPA development of the Internet.

2. Keeping troops in an Iraqi war of attrition against the will of the majority of the American people, ala 2000 election.

3. Defeating Yellow Fever in the Panama Canal Zone and building the Panama Canal.

4 Winning WWII and stopping in late-1945 when we had the chance to take over the world.

5. The Atomic Bomb

6. The Marshal Plan and G.I. Bill of Rights

7. The Louisiana Purchase

8. Maintaining the current fool in the White House through misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and spin without, amazingly enough, turning the presidency into a monarchy and preventing a coup.

Posted by 593Boat on May 10, 2007 07:10 PM