The Hackenblog has moved to http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/ or www.hackenblog.com.Please update your links, thank you.[Previous entry: "Schwarzenegger watch: The Why of It"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Scam Spam"] 01/14/2004 Entry: "Schwarzenegger watch: Privatization" "The strategy, often called privatization, is popular among those who advocate shrinking government and boosting business, and is hated by unions that represent government employees who stand to lose their jobs to private sector workers. "State Sen. Tom McClintock, who ran unsuccessfully against Schwarzenegger in the gubernatorial recall election, repeatedly has prescribed privatizing government. He said private firms competing for state contracts will lower costs and improve efficiency. "'It's a Yellow Pages principle of government. If you can find it in the Yellow Pages, the government shouldn't be doing it,' said McClintock, R-Simi Valley. "He said contracting succeeds 'by restoring to state government the freedom that every family exercises every day, which is to shop around for the best service at the lowest price.'" Yeah, the State can ... shop around for the best service at the... most jacked up, graft-ridden, over-charged price from the crony capitalists that show up in a privatized government services environment. Now, if I know this. . .
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