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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 5:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug View Post
Or accommodate growth at a lower marginal cost. Initiatives such as Right to Work, more competitive sourcing for government services (ex. vouchers for education and health care, privately owned and managed mass transit), streamlined land use approvals etc. Could reduce the cost of government.
That is a big could. Remember when no company was able to deliver recycling for cheaper than the bid from the union in Calgary?

When there is a big problem of recruiting labour, I don't think we really have a problem with sticky wages.

If you want to look at vouchers, there are plenty of studies looking at the administration costs of medicare (vouchers) vs. veteran affairs health (single payer), and single payers comes out as much more efficient.

As for school vouchers, we already have that with Charter Schools. I don't think there is really much evidence they are any more or less efficient.
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