A lot of times it's even worse than this, because what will happen is well-run public services will be sold off to the private sector. Who then runs away with extreme greed granted from the privilege of an inelastic market. So prices soar and quality plummets.

Then, we can point and say "see? Look at how bad it is! It would only be worse if the government ran it!"

Extra points if you're able to extract public funds to waste on such private endeavors. See: private schools in America (Yes, they get public funds!)