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That is where the income is coming from, of course. That is also exactly what I'm saying. The tax cost of paying for a public service tends to be, nearly universally, less than the cost of paying for the same service in the private sector.

While there are some pretty easy examples here, the easiest one is probably health care: The country that pays the most - by far - for 'average-ish' health care is the one where the system is privatized.

by asdfsa3223 days ago|

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Healthcare is an exception because it is insurance in disguise and it is one of those things where a monopoly can be cost effective.

This works because the actual service is not monopolised by the state but rather a large pool of providers.

This doesn't apply to other services.

by Kadecgos22 days ago|

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Except that public and Co-Op utilities are also noticeably cheaper to operate than private sector utilities. And also, public roads are basically universally cheaper than private roads (as rare as they are).

And public schools. And public communication infra. The list just goes on and on. It's not 'just healthcare' and the amount of data on this is so staggering that to suggest that the private sector running things somehow results in an efficiency gain of some kind is borderline brainwashed rhetoric from Fox News more than it is any kind of defensible position.

by asdfsa3220 days ago|

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> public roads are basically universally cheaper than private roads (as rare as they are).

Do you have any numbers to support this? Governments spending stupidly higher than private sector for this, I know this as a matter of fact.

Same for the other claims about "public schools. And public communication infra." Per unit of service provided, governments spend upwards of 2 to 5x in major western countries.