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The exact opposite approach would be better. You want it to work like a healthy part of the economy, which means companies of all sizes competing to provide bet
by tlb 8y ago
The exact opposite approach would be better. You want it to work like a healthy part of the economy, which means companies of all sizes competing to provide better services at lower costs.
- maxxxxx 8y agoWho makes the decision to pick the best service? Essentially government contracting in theory works exactly like you are describing.
- pcstl 8y agoGovernment contracting is heavily incentivized to privilege companies which have close ties to government officials. Have a look at the political scandals of the last 8 years in Brazil. Nearly all of them had to do with officials getting “favors” from companies in exchange for government investment and contracting deals. As long as the government deals in the peoples’ money instead of suffering from its own choices, you cannot compare government contracting with the open market.