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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by markdown on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:20PM (#34990293)
> The privatization of the mines in particular was wildly successful.

We're talking about government services here. Of course a mine will be more profitable in private hands.

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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by missedthecue on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:25PM (#34990337)
my point is about corruption, not the mine. Keeping things in the governments control doesn't stop or prevent corruption from occurring, so it's odd to me that a criticism of privatization is the chance for corruption to take place.
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