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This is quite a rosy take. The private sector is always interested in capturing new customers, and lobbying to shut down public services is a great way to do th
by velcrovan 3y ago
This is quite a rosy take. The private sector is always interested in capturing new customers, and lobbying to shut down public services is a great way to do that. It's pretty simple, first you strip the service or institution of funding, do other things to degrade operations, then you complain that it’s a huge problem that only the private sector can fix. Exhibit A, USPS. Exhibit B, US public schools. Exhibit C, the US VHA. Exhibit D, the UK’s NHS and Ontario Canada’s provincial healthcare system.
- kiicia 3y agoalso any privatized railroad network
- parineum 3y agoI can't help but notice you didn't give any actual examples of what you've said happens. All of those government programs still exist. Where's the example of the shut down public service? Helium party balloons exist because the government is pricing helium below market value which both causes wasted helium and prevents private competition. Notice how USPS, which is required to operate as a business would (paying its own bills, which it does) has competition in the market? There's definitely a role for the government in a lot of sectors but I can't for the life of me imagine why helium should be owned and operated as a government service.
- selimthegrim 3y agoLet a thousand HaaS startups bloom?
- 93po 3y agoThere were attempts to bankrupt the USPS in the past decade with dumb crap like forcing them to prefund retirement benefits to a ridiculous degree
- parineum 3y agoAttempts which failed.