Voluntarily Providing Multi-Lingual Services »
Though I still think the idea has some merit, perhaps proposing an official language is not the best idea. I'm open to others. Let them fly. In the meantime, people want to know why I haven't mentioned anything about companies that offer services to those who speak other languages. Maybe I do pick on the government too much.
First and foremost, those companies choose to offer these services. Sure, the government does as well, so we're about even on this point alone. But while it is certainly not without cost, that cost is then borne by the other consumers of the services, and ultimately, those companies have made the choice to offer the services at a cost that their other customers will then permit them to bear. While this seems to still be even, those "other customers" of the government don't usually have such a choice.
