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The private sector is equally capable of providing hospitals, policemen, firefighters, governments, roads... The question is rarely as simple as "could the pri
by corin_ 15y ago
The private sector is equally capable of providing hospitals, policemen, firefighters, governments, roads...
The question is rarely as simple as "could the private sector do it?"
- yummyfajitas 15y agoUm, the theory behind the government provisioning of police, firefighters and roads is that they are a public good. I.e., people will refuse to pay for police while enjoying not being murdered.
- corin_ 15y agoIn the most simplistic explanation possible, "public good" is the reason for everything the government does, including libraries.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoNo, libraries are rivalrous and excludible, hence a private good.
- corin_ 15y agoThat's just completely irrelevant though. Healthcare provision is rivalrous and excludible, ask any poor American, doesn't mean it shouldn't be universally provided by the government. Education is rivalrous and excludible, look at private schools - doesn't mean it's wrong for there to be state schools and laws making children attend them. The only thing that matters is whether the public benefit outweighs the burden on taxpayers.
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