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Originally Posted by PoscStudent
You complain private companies getting public money but I think that's a great thing. If a private company receives a longterm government contract they are guaranteed a steady stream of revenue. This can allow them to invest in their business, expand it, or weather any potential downturns.
We shouldn't look at private companies as enemies, we need them to provide us jobs.
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Whether the government or private sector is the employer, there is still a steady stream of money changing hands. When the government is the employer, that money goes toward employees and in turn contributes to the tax base. When a service that really should be government provided is privatized, most of that money goes to a small number of business owners. Business owners have a knack for avoiding taxes (or at least paying little more than anyone else). Corporations have a habit of hording and not spending money. Neither is as good for an economy as a healthy group of people with disposable income. Why is it inherently better for a "company" to exist, than to not exist, when the same employees would likely be worse off?
The government shouldn't be responsible for all employment, of course. As things are, there are many things we love that the government simply wouldn't provide. Privatizing things intertwined with core and desirable government services and revenue streams, though, isn't doing the public any favours.