Eero Carroll has it right in saying that "private paternalism and
administration costs money..." just as do publicly administered services.
And further Eero Carroll states, "there are no indications that privately
administered pension insurance is cheaper to administer than public
pensions--in fact again, quite the opposite. Private bureaucrats cost money
to feed also, ...."
One can note that in many cases where publicly administered programs have
been privatized, services have deteriorated and costs to citizens have
increased. Witness the health care debacle here in the U.S.A. For-profit
private agencies charge profit over and above costs plus outrageously high
salaries are paid to executives in these private agencies, all of which is
charged to the customer.
There are certain basic human requirements, including health care,
education, water supply, etc, that do not appropriately lend themselves to
the for-profit marketing of corporations.
It appears that I am in agreement with Eero Carroll in this matter. Thank
you for the informative discussion.
Kind Regards,
Rita Marie Goering
c/o Muriel L. Bonine (whose workstation I current use)
-----Original Message-----
From: Eero Carroll <Eero.Carroll@sofi.su.se>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:27 AM
Subject: uk-policy education, etc.
>To All,
>
>>>1, The third best public policy provides neither education nor
>children's
>>>allowances from the public revenue. This policy creates and
>perpetuates
>>>"third world" societies where-in only the children of the
>wealthy, healthy,
>>>intelligent, and powerful (WHIPs) members of the society are
>adequately
>>>educated and supported.
>
(snip)
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