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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
can anyone point out to me where it gives the federal government the power to act like a corporation and make profits off the involuntary investments of the tax payers?
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Maybe we wouldn't be in the financial mess that we are in if that was the case.
If instead of having to sell public buildings, they could rent them out. Instead of selling drug patents the NIH and public universities come up with to private drug companies. Maybe allow NASA to take a space tourist or two into orbit. How about joy rides in military planes for people willing to pay. Or maybe some people would like to go to a weekend boot camp just for the experience. There are a lot of things the government could be making a lot of money on, and a lot of things that just sit unused that taxpayers have paid for and could be earning money.