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> Maybe that'd make for a good startup? We outsource your government!

It's been tried, and it was incredibly profitable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company

Indeed, it was in a sense the origin of the modern limited-liability corporation, the foundation of modern capitalism. Not so good for the people whose government was outsourced, though.



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