Was talking (in a bar no less) with a new acquaintance who supports the Tea Party. He asked me to name one thing that government does better than private industry. I didn’t answer cogently at the time but of course, government is there to do the non-profitable things that are too big for private industry to want to take on. Plus there are issues of control. Anyway, it made me think about whether there is that much difference between these two groups who would wish (ostensibly) to abolish government. Not talking about methodology, just ideas. Your thoughts?