How Can a Free Market Provide What the State is Doing Now?

"It's a trap! The question 'show me how the free market will do this' is usually just a desperate attempt to create a diversion from the moral issue surrounding the use of force, and it is most likely not being presented to you by a sincere person likely to accept the idea of free markets if you answer these questions effectively. I have seen a few exceptions to this, so use judgment. Here is the essence of what I've found to be the most effective way of responding to this." - Spencer Morgan at Everything-Voluntary, read the rest.