OK this one is of a more general interest as privatisation is a worldwide phenomenon of more recent times. The claim seems to be that taxpayers, and ratepayers and consumers somehow mysteriously benefit from our elected representatives selling off vital governmental and municipal services and assets to profit driven PRIVATE enterprise. The obvious question that comes to my mind is:-
"If the only assets and operations private enterprise are interested in buying are those they can make a profit from (i.e. The cost of running them is MORE THAN OFFSET by the income they can produce.), AND the only ones that CAN'T be privatised (because nobody wants to buy them) are those that cost more to run than any income they can produce (i.e. They can't pay for themselves), AND the first thing a private company is going to do is ADD a profit margin to the actual cost of running the service or asset, exactly HOW does selling off profitable services and assets to those who intend to keep the profits for themselves help ANYBODY but those lucky enough, and rich enough, to have brought them?"
Will let you know when the next obvious question comes to mind.
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