[houston1]

You get better, cheaper service
cheaper-yes, better-not necessarily, I've seen a few govt. orgs. in my area try to privatize thier operations only to have to back track and rehire permanent employees because the $7 temps who took over either couldn't do the job, or didn't care enough to try for the money they were paid. For example Wackenhut just abandoned a new "private" prison they just built in my old county in PA, after concluding that they couldn't run it cheaper or better than the county had, they lost money every year trying, plus had a lot more problems with the inmates. Sometimes privitization is not the answer.

[summer]

Sometimes privitization is not the answer.

I agree, but believe it or not, some FL school districts already privatize certain servies, such as landscaping for the schools. It is cheaper to bid out those jobs than to have people on the county payroll doing it. And, the grass does get cut.