SmartMuffin posted...
Also, private companies that are granted exclusive monopolies by the government aren't really free market entities. I don't care if they city outsources the running of its subway system to a private company or not, that company still operates at the behest of the city, and someone else can't just start a competing company to increase quality of service.
This is a good thing. In the 1800s you'd find a bunch of competing fire departments that weren't all under the same government aegis, and when a fire broke out they'd sit there on the street debating who could put out the fire as the place burned to the ground.
There's something to be said for efficiency, especially when it's so closely tied to public utilities.
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