I’ve written before about how Detroit had become the victim of big-spending, blue-state politics. The idea that government must do everything for everyone has been shown to be bankrupting. So many liberals will say, when conservatives want to cut this or that government program, that those conservatives don\u2019t care, or even hate<\/i>, those people who are served by that program. That is to say, if the government doesn\u2019t do it, no one will, certainly not the private sector.<\/p>\n
A private, for-profit business, the Threat Management Center, or TMC, has sprouted up in Detroit to pick up where the incompetent city government has left off. Dale Brown started TMC in 1995, initially to aid law enforcement. But after getting no interest from the cops, Brown just kept doing what he did best; helping prevent<\/i> crime, rather than taking notes long after the bad guys got away. He\u2019s paid, not by collecting fines like the city does, but by his customers. And if he doesn\u2019t do the job, he doesn\u2019t get paid and goes out of business, unlike a government that, with no competition, doesn\u2019t care if they perform well or not. And thanks to TMC\u2019s efficiency and profitability, they are also able to provide free or incredibly low-cost services to the poor as well.<\/p>\n