PRIVATIZATION AS A PHONY PANACEA
Privatization is almost always
promoted as a way to save money, improve services, and shake up unaccountable
bureaucracies. But in reality, privatization often fails on all counts.
Privatization plans can cost government and taxpayers more money, limit accountability
and transparency, and leave people who depend on public services worse off.
A study released last fall by the
nonprofit Project on Government Oversight found, for example, that in 33 of 35
occupations, the government paid billions more to hire contractors than it
would have cost to have the same functions performed by government employees.
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