[bdfromlv]

It is not that they are able to do the work. Government work should not be for profit or given to the profiteers or the government shouldn't have been in the business or activity in the first place. Law Enforcement, Tax collecting, protecting the poor and security of the country. If these government functions are given to the corporations then greed, power and corruption problems will become the norm. The government is supposed to be above that and be working for us not on us. Business however should be able to monitor and correct problems as they arise in the huge government systems so as to be cost effective.

[Mase]

If these government functions are given to the corporations then greed, power and corruption problems will become the norm.

Because everyone knows the private sector is always more greedy, power hungry and corrupt than the public sector and competition has no tempering effect on it. Only the government, without competition, can be reliable, capable and responsible. You don't really believe that, do you?

The government is supposed to be above that and be working for us not on us.

It never seems to work out that way though. It's usually the government that's screwing us and private industry who's working hard to earn our business. You have it all backwards. Whenever the profit incentive is missing, the probability that people's wants and needs can be safely ignored is the greatest. If you took a poll asking people which services they are most satisfied with and which they are most dissatisfied with, for-profit corporations would be located at the top while non-profit organizations would dominate the bottom.