[quote=CA renter]Yet another good article about the failures of privatization. Some very informed and intelligent commenters have made some excellent points as well.
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“Some of America’s leading news analysts are beginning to recognize the fallacy of the “free market.” Said Ted Koppel, “We are privatizing ourselves into one disaster after another.” Fareed Zakaria admitted, “I am a big fan of the free market…But precisely because it is so powerful, in places where it doesn’t work well, it can cause huge distortions.” They’re right. A little analysis reveals that privatization doesn’t seem to work in any of the areas vital to the American public.”
I am not going to engage you in a debate. You tend to go all “borish girl” on us. I am not going to post “facts” as you request either. In fact I read some of the articles that you listed and I think they present pretty good counter arguement against your points and really are more op-eds than studies…
You should read your source material more chartiably.
As to privatition… I am all for it. Why? Because you get rid of unions. If the private sector fails you cancel the contract and you have the option to figure out if you can do it better internally or if another company can.
Simply… You have options.
With a union you have no options.
My company has struggled with these issues for years so yeah… I have experience with this.
