privatization a destructive idea

[undergroundpanther]

New Orleans catastrophe down to privatisation

Personal View And catastrophic failure of government

By Charlie Demerjian: Tuesday 06 September 2005, 09:02
WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING in New Orleans is nothing less than the abject failure of government at the one task it is supposed to do, deal with problems too big for private enterprise to handle. We pay taxes, we follow rules, and get things that we normally would not do for ourselves in return. It is a social contract, and in the wake of hurricane Katrina, it was a worthless piece of paper.



http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25956

[porphyrian]

1. Privatization is always a stupid idea.

Ask anyone who actually works in the Florida government (meaning not the political appointees). They've been dealing with it for years. Privatization is always more expensive and less effective than predicted.