Re: Old High School

[Dale Goble <gobled@uidaho.edu>]

On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, John and Laurie Danahy wrote:

>      The concept that was recently used to explain the cost difference
> between the two pools was that Moscow's pool will be built with public
> money so naturally it would cost more.  This is a problem.  Why should I
> support a public project that is funded solely thru tax dollars when the
> same project could be built with private donations at a much less cost? 


This is another of my favorite bits of nonsense: I have never seen
anything that suggests that this is accurate.  When examined in any
detail, the presumed-ability of private enterprise to do something more
cheaply comes from the fact that it is doing less.

Dale Goble
Moscow