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tax-income is first "taken" from the citizens, then the government produces services with mediocre-to-bad performance. It is generally mediocre-to-bad because t
by lucio 11y ago
tax-income is first "taken" from the citizens, then the government produces services with mediocre-to-bad performance. It is generally mediocre-to-bad because there are no customer-pressure to excellence in govt. provided services. People do not pay directly, services seems to be "free", so everybody accept them as they are and nobody complains. (e.g. DMV)
Starbucks must produce a good and consistent product or go broke. Governments can produce abismal services and nothing happens.
- _delirium 11y agoMaybe this is a problem with your government, rather than government in general? The government produces quite good services in many European countries, especially in northern Europe. And large companies generally have very poor service. Example: I used to live in Denmark, where the healthcare system is run by the government, and now I live in the USA, where it isn't. For me, the Danish system was far more user-friendly.
- lucio 11y agoYou are correct. In my country the services are abismal and corruption is rampant. I guess in Denmark there are better morals and/or a sane idealism and services are better. Culture plays a fundamental role.