They're accountable to voters, not shareholders. Seems to work for roads, fire, police, water and sewer, muni broadband, most shared services.

> Seems to work for roads, fire, police, water and sewer, muni broadband, most shared services.

You’ve never been to Chicago, eh?

Born, raised, own several rental properties in the western suburbs. Recently renovated tollways are 100% well done (especially the LED lighting), and the MDW expansion is going to be glorious when it's completed. Is there a cost? Sure. Society costs money. Is there corruption in the process? Sure. We're working on it.

Me too.

94 just south of the circle has been under construction for like a decade. I’ve never seen anybody working.

CPS teachers are the amongst the highest paid in the country, yet the schools are the near the worst.

Taxpayer dollars fund nothing but union graft and an ineffective police force which can write traffic tickets but not solve rampant violent crime.

The old saying in my neighborhood: “call for a cop, an ambulance, and a Pizza. See which arrives first”.

Saying “the government will do it better” ignores pretty much all the evidence.

Chicago is a glaring example, but NYC, New Orleans, Detroit, Philly and most other major cities have a similar history.

None of those institutions are accountable to voters. They are filled by career employees represented by powerful unions.

You can't sue them due to sovereign immunity. :p