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-- next guest says that -- if we keep calling on the government to fix our problems.
We will become less prosperous.
Impoverish perhaps.
I'm joined now by John Stossel host of spousal right here on Fox Business is new book is.
No they can't.
Why the government fails but individuals succeed.
Well first congratulations.
On the book another best seller it's -- we're delighted to have you with us here thank you -- And let's -- let's talk about first.
Why can't government work there the instant.
Affirmative response team waiting waiting for all of us -- In many cases -- I think at the beginning they can work to get the eager beavers in there they're doing the right thing like the peace corps saying.
But over time the incentives are different from the private sector in the private sector if you don't constantly improving your show somebody else is gonna clean your clock -- -- business -- asked constantly do stuff.
Government makes an adjustment once every four years may be the incumbents protect themselves every eight years civil service rules prevent -- It took the Soviet Union seventy years to fail.
But he always.
Fails it always does things poorly that's -- ought to be limited.
I have I've done this -- -- when talking to groups of reform and all -- asked the question.
Just what is that that government does so superbly so well that you'd like to emulate that across our entire society.
What other what are the answers news that -- -- your mind what can run without a certain things we want government to do but I've offered people -- hundred bucks to name anything government does more efficiently than private sector -- Yet that have to pay.
Dividend check in with the chairman of the transportation.
Committee John bankers you know is are responsible for TS hey.
In -- to his I believe.
Everlasting credit.
Wants to privatize is airports across the country and is and his output -- begging selling doing what every candidate -- but selling and.
Is -- a good job and it sounds foreign to people privatized.
That's how it's done in Europe and Israel most of the world who works battery of government rules but private contractors competing.
And one big city in America has that San Francisco I -- a producer there and people polled and things like.
-- these screeners are friendly -- The winds moving quickly.
And the TSA test of the may be looking to embarrass them they sneaked tried to sneak through stuff but.
San Francisco private screeners found that 75%.
At the time that government screeners in LA.
25%.
At the time.
So there faster nicer and better at their job -- under the law it says other cities can opt out and other cities want to.
I have to ask the -- is safe for permission.
So a dozen cities asked the TSA just ignores the requests for over a year and a couple months ago finally says now.
We don't consider it advantageous to the federal government.
-- wouldn't McDonald's like to say that the Berger case.
And what they're doing me a reasonable world they would say okay we should have noticed from the failure of Soviet steel mills.
Government doesn't do things well we should do what Israel does.
But instead they hold on -- the power because they don't want to lose.
Their turf which is -- propensity whether as you point out whether in the private sector or the public sector.
This president is talking a lot about parents are here everything's being measured now according to the -- Obama people are you went through -- I have the same level surface upon which to play.
Who what do you make -- -- I think it sells it's good politics and it's fair if everybody has equal incomes that makes people comfortable.
They've pretty much worked that out in the Soviet Union and North Korea everybody's who were together.
But this idea that they can set rules to make life favorites one traveling country with my embarrassing side -- -- -- a -- I I can't quite read it from -- TSA in Albuquerque tore apart our -- in one.
But TSA just about everywhere except San Francisco some of them actually say I know they -- criticizing us but he pent up.
I that's good to hear at least there's -- -- -- the national interest is still alive and well among some and we thank you for hours being in the forefront -- pursuing precisely that John's thoughts on the -- heavier.
The book is.
No they -- -- was hope government all fails.
But individual all succeed in the key part is that individuals to succeed air conditioning flush toilets Fox News I thought that just from home.
Because I haven't been able to do if this -- You'll be able to find this very book from home page of Lou Dobbs dot com because of what we're shameless when it comes you're recommending that -- -- the books of folks we we analyze and.
