Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste...
by michaelmrose on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:14AM
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You are absolutely right and public private partnerships are often the worst of both worlds. You get the lack of accountability of a private company with the lack of competition of the government option.
Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste...
by dagw on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:14AM
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I've worked for several companies that bid on government contracts, and I've seen several cases where companies will offer do a job at a loss because they think that winning the contract will have a secondary effects that will let them make up the loss later.
It has since been proved time and time again that replacing government workers with private entities provides a worse service, which is more expensive.
You literally cannot make something more profitable than the government. More efficient, yes, but since it has no profitability goal, it's effectively perfect in that regard. Improve your services, don't privatize them.