Re: Minn. Bridge Collapse Reveals Brittle America
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Fact of Life - The cost of the occassional collapse is less than the cost of fixing them all. The bridges wouldn't get fixed if they were owned by private companies.
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You do realize that in a society where people did not basically accept occasional bridge collapses as inevitable, that the "cost" of a bridge collapsing would be critical, don't you? I'm not sure why you assume it would be no big deal to be the one company whose bridge collapsed and is responsible for 7 deaths. It might seem like a mediocre deal, but that's only because when the government controls an industry and our choices don't really matter, there isn't much to really expect will be changed other than the formation of some investigatory committee. If you heard a mailman murdered someone when he handed them their mail, you probably wouldn't think much beyond "that's horrible," but if you heard a UPS driver did it, you might switch to FedEx. And that's not even a good example.
But just look at all the media attention and backlash you see when one person gets sick from Taco Bell. I can't imagine a bridge collapsing and killing people would be good for the future of your business under free market standards.
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