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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
This sounds like a good idea, but there's too much real evidence to the contrary. Try looking at how the public likes the long-term lease of the Chicago Skyway or the Indiana Toll Road. See what Chicagoans have to say about the leasing of all the parking meters in the city. Is everyone around the country happy with the cost and level of service of private garbage collection? There are whole towns going broke with infrastructure projects "arranged" by the private sector.
Read the following article and view the video on Sandy Springs, Georgia, a town that tried to privatize almost everything. It has turned out to be a disaster. The investment bankers and private service providers have made out swell. The residents? Nowhere near as good.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_852466.html |
Your post is puzzling to me. I carefully read the article and watched the video. From these, it appears that Sandy Springs is getting state-of-the-art services at a reduced cost. The city has no unfunded pension liabilities and is being used as a model by other municipalities. What disaster are you referring to?
The Indiana Toll Road appears to be a tremendous success according to Governor Daniels, one of the most popular and effective governors in the United States.
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Economic improvement seems to flow from privatization of infrastructure. Looks successful to me.