1.  Parochial schools provide a reasonably priced secular education to many children.

2.  Online schools are very cheap and most children do better than children taught in class.

3.  I don't recommend it, but Brigham Young provides a quality education at a state school price.

4.  There is no religious doctrine in our public schools unless you count secular religions.

5.  You are confusing regulation with ownership.  There are very few govt owned utilities.  Deregulation was the problem with Enron.

6.  Most mortgages were managed by Freddie and Fannie a quasi govt entity.

The problem is proper regulation.  With proper regulation, problems could be solved without centralization.

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