> It doesn't take a whole lot of googling to find thousands of example of poorly run government services.
Perhaps, but you didn't say "Some government services are poorly run". You said:
"not my experience. Most government entities try to raise as much money as possible to protect their jobs and raise their salaries. gettingthe job done right is not remotely near top of the list."
You have not yet given an example of this. You're just pointing to random organizations' failings and saying that they're caused by incentives specific to government, without any evidence whatsoever.
Are MTA and SFMTA's failings because they are "trying to protect their jobs" or because they have to maintain aging infrastructures in a culture that idolizes cars?
Are public schools' failings because they are "raising as much money as possible" to "raise their salaries", or are they because of mandatory religion-based curriculum, mandatory standardized testing determining funding, lack of healthcare/childcare/nutrition support for parents, and parents being incarcerated?
It's clever of you to bring up police, because you can look through my previous comments and see my political bent, but keep in mind that the discussion at hand is whether government or corporate incentives lead to better results. Looking at where the money goes when overly-militarized police purchase military equipment, I think it's hard to attribute this to government incentives as compared to corporate incentives. You can't point to corporate meddling in government causing problems, and use that as justification to put the corporation in charge.
Saying "not my experience" at the beginning is pretty disingenuous, because it's become increasingly clear that you don't have any relevant experience.
Perhaps, but you didn't say "Some government services are poorly run". You said:
"not my experience. Most government entities try to raise as much money as possible to protect their jobs and raise their salaries. gettingthe job done right is not remotely near top of the list."
You have not yet given an example of this. You're just pointing to random organizations' failings and saying that they're caused by incentives specific to government, without any evidence whatsoever.
Are MTA and SFMTA's failings because they are "trying to protect their jobs" or because they have to maintain aging infrastructures in a culture that idolizes cars?
Are public schools' failings because they are "raising as much money as possible" to "raise their salaries", or are they because of mandatory religion-based curriculum, mandatory standardized testing determining funding, lack of healthcare/childcare/nutrition support for parents, and parents being incarcerated?
It's clever of you to bring up police, because you can look through my previous comments and see my political bent, but keep in mind that the discussion at hand is whether government or corporate incentives lead to better results. Looking at where the money goes when overly-militarized police purchase military equipment, I think it's hard to attribute this to government incentives as compared to corporate incentives. You can't point to corporate meddling in government causing problems, and use that as justification to put the corporation in charge.
Saying "not my experience" at the beginning is pretty disingenuous, because it's become increasingly clear that you don't have any relevant experience.