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I wonder if there's some research on this somewhere. Organizations like NASA or the entire US military apparatus are also government-run, but you never hear fr
by baursak 10y ago
I wonder if there's some research on this somewhere.
Organizations like NASA or the entire US military apparatus are also government-run, but you never hear free-market conservatives argue that US military sucks or is inefficient.
On the other hand, there are plenty of private organizations that are universally hated, like Comcast, American Airlines, or Bank of America, which are also huge, bloated, and have tons of waste internally.
- sfifs 10y agoYou've picked poor examples. NASA just gave up on making rockets and arguably going private is going well for them. US military is quite famous for inefficiency. F35, B2, the 100 million dollar gas station in Iraq etc. Given the mess in the middle east, effectiveness is questionable as well.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> US military is quite famous for inefficiency. F35, B2, Those are private industry contracts.
- baursak 10y agoArguably, NASA gave up because it was funded poorly for decades. The rockets they're using are Roscomos rockets anyway, which is another government-run organization. US military is pretty effective in its primary function, but may not work as well when required to adjust to something like policing the population, sure. But that's a separate discussion. But yeah, those were just a couple of examples. There are plenty others. - University of California system, along with many other state universities. - Various three-letter spy agencies - Your local fire department etc.. I'd say that it doesn't matter whether any given organization is private or public. What matters is enough funding and semi-competent management.