THOMAS: Outsourcing: A solution to public debt  Cal Thomas  Cal
Thomas  BELFAST, Northern Ireland — British Prime Minister David
Cameron is calling for reinforcements to help him deal with the
country’s massive debt, which has been caused by nonstop
spending, severe recession and declining tax revenue. According
to the UK’s Centre for Policy Studies, at the end of 2008, the
national debt was 1,340 billion pounds ($2,090 billion US),
which was 103.5 percent of GDP. This figure includes all the
public sector pension liabilities such as pensions, and Private
Finance Initiative contracts. It’s likely that figures for last
year will be even more alarming.  Cameron has commissioned Sir
Philip Green, the multibillionaire owner of Britain’s Topshop
women’s clothing stores, to help cut spending. Sir Philip is
described by the London Times as an “ostentatious businessman”
with “a reputation for making brutally effective commercial
reforms.” Effective is what is most needed here, given the
ineffectiveness of government