CitizenEE

@Powercat007 @DefiantLs That's a claim made with zero evidence. It's been nearly a hundred years. You might as well claim most countries standard of living is the direct result of Queen Elizabeth the First's dominance on the sea and the colonization of the English speaking world.

@citizen_ee @DefiantLs Keep telling yourself that. Most of those countries standard of living is a direct result of a capitalist engine that crushed Germany in the 1940’s. We simply out built them with a prfit motive.

Go for it

@Powercat007 @chasisaac @DefiantLs Hence OMBUDSMEN is the word of the day. Again, it ain't government that just grows enormously and eventually devours everything. It is LARGE ORGANIZATIONS. Which is why Amazon is so monstrous. Why Elon Musk is the richest man on the planet. Good oversight is key in all things.

@citizen_ee @chasisaac @DefiantLs I can agree that there are a few things government must provide but the problem with government and power is it always grows enormously and eventually devours everything.

@WhatWouldLibsDo @EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs There's tons more. But as usual, you've provided ZERO evidence on your side. So, mine still stands in your absenteeism.

@citizen_ee @EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Nice article. Only if it weren’t put together with “qualitative” data and produced by activists at Vivic research. Did you even look up what they do there before posting this. You may simply believe the government knows and does best, but at least use a better study

@Powercat007 @DefiantLs The U.S. is NOT the benchmark for living standards Multiple intern'l rankings place countries like Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Australia, Iceland, Germany, Ireland, Singapore above the U.S. on quality-of-life or human-development measures.

@citizen_ee @DefiantLs The country with the highest standard of living in the world isn’t the one that broke the system. Capitalism is still superior to any other system even with a corrupt government.

@NormanB08263645 @DefiantLs The job of service is not competition. The job of the service industry is service. The costs involved in private industry in these service industries are prohibitive. They have competing objectives. A private health industry has no profit motive to keep you healthy.

@citizen_ee @DefiantLs Companies must compete, or die. Great waste sinks them. The same is not true with governments that can take without limit or success. Government multiplies the problem by paying off corporations. Giving us the worst of both.

@Powercat007 @chasisaac @DefiantLs #strawman I am not for getting rid of the profit motive. Neither am I for having government take over all business. I'm providing the evidence of where government is better than private business in some service industries.

@citizen_ee @chasisaac @DefiantLs The profit motive has created countless meaningful technology developments in the last 150 years despite government hinderences.

@Sassafrass_84 You have to be awake to see what his "policies" are and how much money he's scammed from the taxpayer to understand.

It still amazes me how the democrats can gaslight their constituents into making them believe everything is President Trumps fault.

@Sunkized01 Sorry that this thing called "evidence of a crime" gets in the way of your politics. I can see how removing the constitution and putting in a totalitarian government would make you happier.

Are you pissed off ❓

@Brookltnwilliw To be fair, you kind of do.

@liz_churchill10 none of what you posted is true. You need to call the Fire Department. Your pants are on fire.

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@citizen_ee @EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs you literally can’t prove one of these are cheaper under govt control.

@CUNextThu @EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Go back and read. I never thought I had to spend the time dismantling such obvious nonsense, but apparently you think I did.

@citizen_ee @EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs You made the claim first, back it up.

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs So yeah, there's tons of books giving details on how much more inexpensive and valuable it is to run through the government these main services and functions. It's why China can raise a city in no time, but California can't get a train system made.

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Literally EVERYTHING I've listed is made cheaper and more efficient by the government. Go read a book.

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs In short, because some people need it a few public systems have problems, but that does not prove privatization is better. Electricity, mail, schools, healthcare, roads, and sanitation all show that essential services often work best when the goal is universal access, not profit.

Literally, not one thing you've listed is made cheaper or more efficient by the government. Electricity - keeps going up because govt owned utility monopolies allow them to drive up prices while the grid can't keep up with demand. Mail - the USPS is on the verge of bankruptcy because it can't keep up. Garbage pickup and sanitation - cheaper and better when provided by the private sector with more service options Road maintenance - projects always run over time and budget, inconveniencing commuters for long periods of time Sidewalks - the taking of private property for public use without compensating the property owner, you don't have a right to walk on a sidewalk Schools - government education is government propaganda meant to produce brainwashed idiots, not unlike yourself Fire services - full-time fire departments cost way more to operate than volunteer fire departments Police services - police are not a "service," they're government thugs employed to force you to bend to the government's will Healthcare - The ACA has driven prices upward. That law is an utter joke.

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Police are a separate question: they are a public safety function, and whether a department is effective depends on training, oversight, and accountability, not simply whether it exists as a public institution. (12)

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Fire and police Volunteer fire departments can be valuable in rural areas, but that does not mean they are cheaper or better in every setting. Full-time departments are necessary where call volume, response time, and specialized rescue capacity matter. (11)

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs of the difference. In healthcare, systematic reviews have found private delivery can perform worse on efficiency and outcomes in comparable settings, and private systems often add administrative layers that do not improve care. (10)

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Schools and healthcare The claim that public education is just propaganda is rhetoric not evidence. In Canada a Statistics Canada study found private high school students did better largely because of family background and peer effects, while school resources explained little (9)

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs will not: universal access and long-term maintenance across unprofitable areas. Sidewalks are even more obviously a public-good issue, because they are part of the shared right-of-way that makes neighborhoods usable for everyone (8)

@EMAmbrosias @DefiantLs Roads and sidewalks Cost overruns on road projects are real, but that is an argument about project management, procurement, and political interference, not proof that public road systems are inherently worse. Public road networks also deliver what private firms usually (7)