Private entities may run public utilities more efficiently, but who benefits from that efficiency?
If you think workers benefit from private industry running operations, you may be half right. Yes, the private sector may pay more (which comes at the cost of quality of life) but this is of little comfort when workers are being laid off for efficiency sake. Efficiency does not help pay the higher cost of utilities that skyrocket due to private sector monopolies like Florida Power and Light in south Florida (which is viewed as one of the best in the nation) and the many other privately-owned and operated utilities across the country.
Greater efficiency is ironically more costly and when paired with unregulated Capitalism, is saddling and crippling more Americans with debt. In my opinion, the negatives outweigh the positives that private industry offers, at least when it comes to those things necessary for survival. In a Capitalist World, dog eats dog until the biggest and strongest dog prevails, but unlike this theoretical pack, leaders of man do NOT look out for all members. Amongst Humanity, there only seem to be predators and prey today. If you question this, I dare you to find one billionaire (other than Chuck Feeney) who has prioritized people over profit to an extent that actually makes the world a better place. And, you better not come back with Bill gates, who in my opinion is evil incarnate... Why else would he do the things he's done and does?
While you may want to disagree with what I am claiming here, you cannot argue that privatization isn't leading us towards a reliance upon the kindness of billionaires and millionaires for more and more things upon which we need to survive. Our food supply is largely in the hands of major grocery chains, our water is bottled by major corporations and the tap water that municipalities operate are helping a small group of contractors get rich providing something of which we cannot live Contractors come in and charge exorbitant amounts to build infrastructure, but the original contract amount is not enough. They almost always go after the contingency built into every contract. While this set aside is necessary in many cases, I've seen too many contractors operate in ways that lead to them draining those extra tax dollars. On top of that, these supposed professionals are only held account for their work for five or ten years, but the final product is supposed to last a lot longer than their garantees.
Topics - 1) Should a "for profit" entity be in charge of anything necessary for survival?
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