And The Winner Is....The Public Sector

[marmar]

from OnTheCommons.org:




And The Winner Is....The Public Sector
In health, education and defense, government programs are more efficient than privatized ones

By David Morris


Unlike the public sector, the private sector is bred for efficiency. Left to its own devices, it will always find the means to provide services faster, cheaper, and more effectively than will governments.
-- James Jay Carafano, Private Sector, Public Wars

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I suspect the vast majority of Americans would agree with Mr. Carafano. They probably consider the statement self-evident. The facts, however, lead to the opposite conclusion. When not handicapped by regulations designed to subsidize the private sector, the public sector often provides services faster, cheaper and more effectively.

Consider the results of recent privatization initiatives in three key sectors: health, education and national defense.

Health

Alone among all industrialized nations, the US relies on private for profit insurance companies to manage its health care system. The result? The US has by far the most expensive health care system in the world both in total cost and as a percentage of GDP.

But we don’t have to look abroad to evaluate the comparative costs of private and public health systems. Consider Medicare. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://onthecommons.org/and-winner-isthe-public-sector

[drm604]

1. It's common sense.

I'm sure that there are some Republicans who are true believers, but I'm convinced that many of them are just interested in shoveling government money to their benefactors regardless of what's best for the taxpayers.

[XanaDUer]

2. I've worked both gov and private sector, and let me assure him

the private sector is in no way, shape, or form bred for efficiency. If anything, the opposite.