He is completely correct, too.
Something being in the "private sector" does not automatically mean it is superior. In fact, many times just the opposite.
How many breaches have occurred similar to the one at Target? Hundreds? Probably at least that many.
The implementation of Social Security or Medicare I'm sure was equally flawed.
And, if I remember correctly, GWB's Medicare drug benefit expansion's roll out WAS at least as bad as the ACA (although maybe because it was smaller in scope it didn't attract the kind of attention the ACA has).
People hate the government for no good reason a lot of time. I mean, there are parts of it I could do without: the NSA, much of the spying-industrial complex, most of the military. But I DO like the parts that provide a social safety net: SS, Medicare, the parts of ACA that will do some good (though I hope for single-payer some day), environmental protection, scientific research.
In fact, there are some things ONLY the government has the scale to do efficiently: police, fire, mail delivery.
If you were to eliminate the USPS tomorrow, Fedex and UPS would not only not fill the gap; they would leave many people in rural areas with no mail delivery at all. And clearly they cannot handle the increase that happens certain times of the year (even though they know exactly when Christmas is going to occur. It's the SAME TIME EVERY YEAR!). And Amazon makes promises re: delivery that they cannot keep.
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