tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086577.post2615495431832329555..comments2023-11-02T05:43:24.814-04:00Comments on Dick Mac (alive!): Privatize The Government - Everything Will Be BetterDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17250985156512363664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086577.post-81488330569101358442009-02-11T18:16:00.000-05:002009-02-11T18:16:00.000-05:00One of the problems with going with the lowest bid...One of the problems with going with the lowest bidder is that you get what you pay for. Once again, socialist government screws it up, and socialists blame privatization. You see, one of the linking factors of a capitalist society is the personal interest and responsibility of the buyer. When you go to buy a car, do you get the cheapest used car you can find that the salesman swears meets your minimum requirements? Of course not. You look at all your options, do your research, weigh the risks and costs, compare brands and years and models, and make an intelligent and informed decision. (Of course, if you're a socialist, maybe you don't.) Likewise, if the people who were taking bids on these Iraqi contractors had a personal stake in the investment, they would make much better decisions. This, however, is not how our government today works. Clinton, Bush, Obama, and every president to follow will not be spending his/her own money, and it will not be for his/her own interests (political interests, yes, but they're not going to be living or working in that building) at stake. They are spending public money, and can get more any time they want by making empty Bush-style "terrorist" speeches or Obama-style "hope" speeches, to get America to fork over more money and sacrifice more freedom.<BR/><BR/>The problem is not with privatization. What you have defined as privatization - companies handling public interests under the bill and supervision of the government - is called socialism. Your example of Fannie Mae (part of Roosevelt's socialist "New Deal") and Freddie Mac (thanks to Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society") are shining examples of what results from the realization of neo-liberal philosophy. Failure. If it were real system of privatization, the government wouldn't be in Iraq at all, and the Iraqi people would be picking out their own contractors, according to their own standards and interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com