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Anything the gov. tries to do, private sector does better. From public transit (where the government gets shafted with terrible pricing due to shitty, bureaucratic procurement) to Mandami’s government-run grocery stores (which will undoubtably cost more)
-21 upvote, 27 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Anything the gov. tries to do, private sector does better. From public transit (where the government gets shafted with terrible pricing due to shitty, bureaucratic procurement) to Mandami’s government-run grocery stores (which will undoubtably cost more)"
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Anonymous 17h

What private companies allow constant free buses

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Anonymous 17h

How many times are you going to post this

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Anonymous 17h

Yeah because European public transportation infrastructure is failing. When I talk to Germans or Fr*nch people they all dream about having privately owned transit and healthcare. When I tell them about how much my university costs they cry and scream about how they could be paying that much if they were American.

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Anonymous 17h

I wish we could do infinitely more but we have gotten a train to the airport in my city! It’s really nice, tickets are $2 so I’ve never paid more than that to go to the airport.

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Anonymous 11h

mail?

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Anonymous 17h

Government is always inefficient, partly out of bureaucracy, partly out of lack of profit margin, partly bc of incompetence

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17h

Inefficiency, in the proper sense of that word, is one of the benefits of government services. The entire idea is that providing services at non-profitable or barely-profitable rates creates positive externalities greater than the opportunity cost in revenue.

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Anonymous replying to -> amethyst_headphone51 17h

Yeah no. Paying $1 million dollar for buses that retail for $600K is simply getting shafted lol These gov agencies are terrible at negotiating and their procurement process as dumb as heck bc… wasting YOUR taxpayer dollars lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16h

Some companies have buses within their property Like obviously car rentals might have a bus from the airport to the car area . But that’s not really a public Good. Other companies with massive complexes have buses that take you from one side to the other

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Anonymous replying to -> freidenkerin 16h

Like Deutsche Bahn is infamously not great, but that’s only when compared to France and Switzerland. Compared to the US it’s flawless.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

it’s really free if you’re already paying the company somehow lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

For the reasons described above, it is not a waste.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

You know that there are more costs to running bus lines than the cost of the buses themselves, right? Also if the problem you have with governments is that they don’t invest all of their resources back into the service that they provide then I think you should find out what a “profit incentive” is before you defend capitalism.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

No, clearly not. Free stuff is when you pay the government for it via taxation

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 15h

I meant to type “is it really”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

Yeah.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 15h

Yeah, okay then I agree with you lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

Good I was being facetious and figured that it'd sound like your average commie gibberish

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Anonymous replying to -> amethyst_headphone51 15h

Lol you’re telling me paying almost double the list price isn’t getting ripped off?

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 15h

No I’m on your wavelength

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

Ok good

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Anonymous replying to -> freidenkerin 15h

DB is terrible

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

Terrible compared to the US or compared to other EU countries?

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Anonymous replying to -> amethyst_headphone51 15h

It’s not about being profitable. It’s about NOT getting totally shafted for dumb reason that can easily be fixed (e.g. bureaucratic procurement process) If u get shafted, u are doing your constituents a grave disservice Your reasons above do not explain ANY benefits to getting ripped off by suppliers lol

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Anonymous replying to -> freidenkerin 15h

Amtrak Acela is more on time than DB

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Anonymous replying to -> freidenkerin 15h

DB suckz

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

I’ve rarely had a DB delay over 10 minutes, and I can travel to many more places in Germany with DB than in the US with Amtrak. Also, DB is one of the worst EU train networks.

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