Privatize this!

The push for privatization in government scares me. First, lets define what a private business really does. Private business is to designed make money for the people who own the business or the share holders if it happens to be a publicly owned business. Contrary to what some people may think, business is not about efficiency. It is about maximizing profit. In some cases that can be done through efficiency, but it doesn't have to be. The benefit is not to the customers or the employees.

The theory that the most efficient business will be the one that prevails works great on paper, but then so did communism. When it comes down to it, people are involved and will make the "on paper" argument invalid. So just go ahead and scratch that idea.

Even if business was about efficiency, look how it would be spun inside of a company. A business would have to figure out how to have as few people as possible, do as much work as possible, while charging as much as possible. This is not equivalent to providing the best possible service, only service that is just good enough compared to the next guy so they can still turn a profit.

Uplifting thoughts eh? Should I flush this out into another business article? Yes No