It still baffles me that some people actually *believe* the fairy tale that "privatization lowers costs".
Like, how could this ever possibly work?! The equipment, people etc. you need for the task don't change, so those costs are essentially fixed. But now you *also* need to pay a for-profit intermediary on top of that.
You don't exactly need a PhD to understand why this doesn't make an ounce of sense...
@joepie91 ultimately one has to wonder where the myth of government/civil-service inefficiency started. Quite possibly with officials taking bribes from same industries who stood to benefit from privatisation.
@zebulonmysterioso @joepie91 current government inefficiency more takes the form of an obligation to contract everything out to overpaid consultants separately for each project instead of cultivating in-house teams who have an opportunity to build up expertise. (at least in the IT sector)
@joepie91 the theory is that there is a fully open en functional free market economy.
I think I can stop explaining now. That theory is false.