<< I own a
business and the waste deriving from non-collective problem solving is
astounding, not to mention the moral problem of wage slavery.
The public sector is often quite efficient, if properly funded. >>
Let me second Bill. Look at medical insurance payment systems: Medicaid/Medicare have the ONLY tape-to-tape third party hospital billing systems. Aetna, Blue Cross, forget about it - they suck - it takes hospitals forever to collect from them. That's why the Social Secuity expense ratio (expenses/premiums) for both the pure indemnity and medical cost is infinitesmal compared to the private insurers.
Jason