[oneijoe]

Private businesses exist to make a profit. Therefore, they tend toward trying to expend the minimum and make the maximum. This can lead to problems, as profits get put before people ("O that silver and gold would be so dear and flesh and blood so cheap" --see history of human enterprise-- Also, private security firms have, without question, often crossed the line of justice in their dealings.

LOL...nice quote.

The reality is... life isn't valued the same the world over, but GOLD (profit) is. That's why a capitalist system is, BY FAR, the most efficient economic mechanism. It has warts and it isn't nice, for sure, but it preserves that which is MOST precious - individual freedom.