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(Inactive) writes:  Seems to me every time we've privatized a
business, we've let them set up their own watchdogs. Nothing
like the fox guarding the hen house to make profits, is there?
And while private companies act like they are so busy pretending
to look after us, prices go up and accountability goes down.
After watching the airlines and seeing how well they do on their
own airplane maintenance, I live in dread of the day when we
don't have, for instance, the FDA. God knows, they're not that
great, but if you think things are bad now, wait till you see
what happens when the hog farms, the chicken farms and the like
get to police their own businesses. Would you really feel safe
eating food where the health of the animals and the cleanliness
of the farm was in the hands of people who were poised to make
millions if they cut corners on their own products? And that's
just one industry example.