[quote=SK in CV][quote=SD Realtor]Sounds like there should be no private entities then because any service industry that has multiple providers is less efficient then a single entity.
Hmmm curious logic.[/quote]
I was specifically talking about residential trash pick-up. And yes, it’s perfect logic. Everyone gets almost identical service, differing only in the number of trash cans. You tell me, which would be more efficient, one provider stopping at every house once a week or 10 different providers driving the exact same route every week, but stopping, on average at every 10th house?[/quote]
SK – you are completely missing the importance of competition for keeping price down. A single supplier is also known as a monopoly – and few want that. Somewhere between one and a billion suppliers is optimal, depending on what the good or service is.
