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Why do you believe an equivalent effort to figure out what the private sector is spending money on would be cheaper?
by rjtavares 10y ago
Why do you believe an equivalent effort to figure out what the private sector is spending money on would be cheaper?
- 24gttghh 10y agoI don't; it was meant to be a jab at privatization worshippers since the second part of that, "the government has failed by not providing this information" had more meat to it.
- Zak 10y agoWhen it comes to publicly-traded companies, it probably would be because they're required to make specific, comprehensive disclosures about their income and spending on a regular basis. Governments, especially local governments are much less consistent about such disclosures. It's also reasonable to expect that a government that is elected by the public and funded by taxation provide an accounting to voters and taxpayers.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoHe's only using government provided data for this site, so it's not like the data isn't available.