Not a bad assumption.

OK. How well are they doing?

Not well. Not doing anything. Nothing could be less efficient than that.

To say the government would be inefficient is to mislead. How efficiently is the private sector providing those services? They aren't. And it's not their duty.

Some things are too universal and important to be left to the private sector. Their only motive is profit, not providing services. That's understandable.

Would you suggest privatizing any more of the military, for instance? With cost being the bottom line, stock price and executive bonuses being more important than missions and lives? Could you get even kids to die for Ajax, LLC.

To say that the private sector is the best provider for all things is to say that profit is always more important than people. The resources of a nation should be used to guarantee basic essentials for all citizens. That includes clean air, clean water and health care. As rights of citizenship. The providers can profit, certainly.

Arf