You are forgetting a number of substantial differences between the two. Namely the elements of CHOICE and COMPETITION which lead to cost effectiveness and efficiency. In the private sector you CHOOSE who to hire to paint your fence or clean your house with COST usually being a prime factor. Not with the public sector. I don't know about Canada, but in the U.S. and Europe, public sector workers are, on average, paid far more in salaries and benefits than private sector workers doing the same or comparable work. Sometimes twice as much. Amtrak and The Postal Service have no competition and both deliver lousy service at high cost. Public schools have no competition and generally do a poor job at high cost. Compare them to Catholic schools which do a far better job at a much lower cost.
And NO; I am NOT advocating that we privatize everything. Things like Defense are mercenary enough without having more Blackwater fiascos.




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