The justification for privatization is the old argument that private companies do everything better and more “efficiently” than government, and will find ways to cut costs.  Over and over we hear that companies do everything for less cost than government. . . When government does something they don’t have to pay millions to someone at the top.

Private Not Public Interest

There is a fundamental conflict of interest between public and private. When things are privatized of course profit comes first, not public interest.  Public functions are supposed to serve the public, us, We, the People.  The ‘private’ in ‘privatization’ means that it is done for the private gain of a few.  When a public function is privatized it means that instead of operating for the benefit of We, the People – the 99% – it is operated for the benefit of a few – the 1%.

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