Public-Private..... in other words the private equity takes the risk and the public guys tell them what they can’t do.
“public private partnerships” are another form of cronyism.
Various parts of each become political or financial (or both) beneficiaries, supplicants, donors, and self-serving defenders of some part of the other side.
What is needed is fewer taxes and fewer tax dollars, leaving more money in the private markets to begin with, so there is less need for “social services” as more private jobs will be created.
What the GOP needs to do in Connecticut is to offer bills for getting the government out of the way of private enterprise, NOT how better to politically get into bed with it.
Fasano described a new state income tax deduction for charitable contributions that would go into a “citizens in need” account within the state Department of Social Services’ budget.
Charity should be personal, not institutionalized.