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of course the Private Sector is so much more reliable, less greedy, and less corrupt than the government, less likely to fuck over their workers, be honest and open and safe.
Falling over laughing.
What I asked was name 1 program the government can run better. Our government is already greedy, corrupt, dishonest... so you just have a predisposition of being screwed by one rather than another?
I suppose if we're going to get screwed either way, at least with government, we get to choose and elect the ones who screw us. With the private sector, we don't really have that option.
And as far as treatment of their workers is concerned, the main reason why the private sector can boast that it can do things more cheaply is because they pay their employees less and give fewer benefits than their counterparts would receive as government employees. But cheaper doesn't necessarily mean better.
I would agree that there are things that the government could do better. It's not that they can't do it, but it's because they won't do it. I also agree that there's a lot of inefficiency and waste which could be addressed if ever the people felt strongly enough to demand it (instead of sniping at each other over which brand of wasteful inefficiency they prefer). But I see that more as an argument for changing and reforming government, not for handing everything over to the private sector.
Besides, the only reason government exists in the first place is because the private sector got together and created it. They squabble too much and can't settle disputes on their own, so they need some kind of "referee." Too many mini fiefdoms in the private sector that can't really stand up to the powerful coalitions led by national governments. The private sector as we know it today grew and thrived under our own national government, so they're essentially part of the same coalition. The private sector has learned very well how to use government for its own ends.
I would also point out that the government itself is not necessarily "greedy." If it were, our treasury would be overflowing with gold and our government would be generating huge profits, not an ever-increasing debt. If the money isn't in the public sector anymore, it must have gone to the private sector.
That's the problem with the whole idea of "private sector vs. federal government," since they work in concert with each other.
I disagree a bit... government isnt about party, its about power and control. Its the government party! The notion we get to elect someone ever 2 ,4 and 6 years, even if they provide shitty service, were stuck with them and their agenda.
By all means you have control when it comes to the private sector. If you like said company, business or program you're going to be a patron of theirs... if you don't care for them you go elsewhere.
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