Great list, Little Hawk! It's hard to get a lot of people to realize just what they would have to do without, or go through, if it were not for these little "socialistic" benefits that they take for granted.

Imagine, for example, if the fire department were privatized like health care in the United States:   You discover your house in flames. You call the fire department. And the first thing they ask you is, "Do you have fire insurance? Which company? Full or partial coverage? What's your policy number?" Etc., etc., while the fire is spreading from room to room.

Toll bridges. Toll roads. Toll sidewalks. . . .

Don Firth