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My experience is the opposite. Private companies seem completely inefficient compared to government, and I've worked as engineers in both. Really it is only a
by mozumder 10y ago
My experience is the opposite. Private companies seem completely inefficient compared to government, and I've worked as engineers in both.
Really it is only a right-wing profit-driven talking point to say government is inefficient, mostly to protect against their profits that government takes away.
Government is exceedingly efficient.
- ProAm 10y agoI've worked in both as well and vehemently disagree.
- mozumder 10y agoThe numbers support my case. You can send a mail with the USPS for 50 cents anywhere in the country, but it costs $5-$10 to do the same with UPS or FedEx. Literally 10x-20x costlier. Government just doesn't have to waste money on things like profit or marketing that private companies need to do.
- ProAm 10y agoUSPS is a private entity under the government, they fund themselves. They receive no funding from the government. You can look at the military and at obamacare/heathcare.gov for examples.
- mozumder 10y agoYou can also look at the USPS as an example, since it IS a government entity that doesn't have to serve profits. Also, the military and healthcare is more efficient in government, but you probably already knew that already.