Privatization: Maybe good, maybe bad, definitely ugly

New York?s deputy mayor, Stephen Goldsmith, a champion of privatization, announced plans to ?insource? tasks and services that the city previously privatized and assigned to contractors and consultants, citing opportunities to save money for the city. Isn?t saving money the motivation behind recent plans by Florida?s Republican leaders to privatize prisons and probation services? Governor Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, likewise, announced earlier this month that he will study the benefits of privatizing state owned liquor stores. But he said that it ?isn’t about the money. It’s about the principle. Government should no more run the liquor stores than it should ... More >Pen Car Cars Bicycle Horse