Walker Wants to Privatize Food Stamp Distribution in Wisconsin

[cbelt3]

rjmacs wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
Let's face it. Privatization is a government's form of 'offshoring'. Rather than increase cost (ie taxes), every corner that can be cut .. is.

Well, cbelt3, there are some significant differences; chiefly, that corporations tend to offshore when it saves the company money, whereas governments tend to privatize services for political reasons. Rather than 'cutting corners' and reducing costs, privatization of public services usually costs more and/or does not provide the services required by statute.
Uhm.... the justification for privatization is always about money, not just 'political reasons' like sticking it to the unions. As far as services provided, etc. that is usually caused by bad contractual terms and conditions. Which then implies that governments are dumb and corporations are smart. To which I'm not going to completely disagree.

I've seen bad examples of privatization. I can understand.