The following is posted on behalf of Dick Marshuetz. Now we have two good topics to kick around on Monday…
Last Monday we had a brief discussion about a question that had been asked of Congressman Poliquin: Why are we better off with for-profits than government enterprises? I think the reference was to health insurance but that’s a variant on a general theme that by eliminating profits, government enterprises might offer better service at lower prices. This sort of question is usually asked as an unanswerable stopper since everybody knows that profits don’t really do anything except line some plutocrat’s pocket. Without the plutocrats presumably customers and taxpayers are better off. Continue reading “Government vs. Private Sector Services”