Protection is something you gotta pay for
Fear Inc
By Evan Ratliff
Wired
12/2005
The jist of this article is as follows:
all sorts of companies, both new and old, are making bucket loads of money off of the government through developing technology and strategy for preventing, addressing, and cleaning up after disasters. The government’s primary interest is terrorists (and, possibly, invasion). One business owner (many are venture capitalists who find funding for scientists and then market their products to the government and private industry) made the point that homeland security is to important to leave to the government.
It struck me as odd that private industry was handling the security of this country and doing it primarily out of necessity and need on the part of the government when (I thought) that was one of the primary reasons government exists.
Are we going to have to start paying these companies directly to get any protection at all?
By Evan Ratliff
Wired
12/2005
The jist of this article is as follows:
all sorts of companies, both new and old, are making bucket loads of money off of the government through developing technology and strategy for preventing, addressing, and cleaning up after disasters. The government’s primary interest is terrorists (and, possibly, invasion). One business owner (many are venture capitalists who find funding for scientists and then market their products to the government and private industry) made the point that homeland security is to important to leave to the government.
It struck me as odd that private industry was handling the security of this country and doing it primarily out of necessity and need on the part of the government when (I thought) that was one of the primary reasons government exists.
Are we going to have to start paying these companies directly to get any protection at all?
posted by A at 8:04 AM
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