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In the US, maybe. It has since been proved time and time again that replacing government workers with private entities provides a worse service, which is more
by pikzen 10y ago
In the US, maybe.
It has since been proved time and time again that replacing government workers with private entities provides a worse service, which is more expensive.
You literally cannot make something more profitable than the government. More efficient, yes, but since it has no profitability goal, it's effectively perfect in that regard. Improve your services, don't privatize them.
- quickben 10y agoExcept in this case. As far as I know Uber is still subsidizing every ride to gain adoption. The town is just using the free subsidy, in a way.
- michaelmrose 10y agoYou are absolutely right and public private partnerships are often the worst of both worlds. You get the lack of accountability of a private company with the lack of competition of the government option.
- dagw 10y agoI've worked for several companies that bid on government contracts, and I've seen several cases where companies will offer do a job at a loss because they think that winning the contract will have a secondary effects that will let them make up the loss later.