said by FFH5:So, in effect, you say a city can decide to go in to any business it wants to because there would be no practical restrictions.
Absolutely. Citizens, through their elected representatives, have the power decide which services are provided by the city. We seem to have this perverse notion that economics trumps everything else. Capitalism is a means to an end not an end in an of itself.
Power derives from the people. The people collectively decide proper role of government and private enterprise.
said by FFH5: You sound like Obama taking over the auto industry.
You know that is not true. The Auto Industry came to the government and asked for assistance. The government in turn set conditions on that assistance. I see no constitutional problem with that. No one is forcing GM to take government money.
/tom