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Just saying (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (8 children)

If it was private, you would pay more for the same service, because the private company has all the same costs as now, but also needs to make a profit. So if you keep it public, it will cost less.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

    Not necessarily, it could also be better run, more efficient with less employees.

    For example maybe instead of 4 sets of at least 2 trash containers around my street there would only be 2 or 1 with all the pertinent colors (the company does more stuff than water)

    But I guess this is the bad side of living in a country with more public employees than private.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    That would be a reduction in the service quality, which is the other thing that always happens when utility services are privatised. So you get to pay more money for less service. The company has no incentive to provide a good service, because what else are you going to do?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    The government has no incentive to provide a good service because what are you going to do? Stop paying?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You can not re-elect the ppl to decide who runs it...

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    No I can't when the people voting just say "let's the government do it" without thinking about why or what would that improve. I can vote against the current gov, I can try to convince people or make them think but as you proved in a previous reply they will just ignore it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    No you can't personally decide who runs anything, in either case. But you get a vote when it's a government, you get nothing when it's private.

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