The problem with getting rid of privatization is the one thing is does well is corruption.
They can take some of the profits of their government contracts to bribe politicians to give them less oversight and more contracts.
When those politicians leave office, they know those contractors will give them jobs as execs, lobbyists, lawyers, or consultants that pay several times their public office salary.
Dick Cheney was the poster child for this.
As Bush Sr. Def. Sec, he was tasked with figuring out what Pentagon functions could be privatized. He hired Halliburton to do it, and they came back with a list and said, "By the way, we can do A LOT of those." So Cheney gave them a bunch of contracts to do stuff the military used to do for itself.
When Bush admin ended, Cheney became CEO of Halliburton.
When he was VP under Bush Jr, Halliburton got no-bid contracts for services in the Iraq War.
The problem with getting rid of privatization is the one thing is does well is corruption.
They can take some of the profits of their government contracts to bribe politicians to give them less oversight and more contracts.
When those politicians leave office, they know those contractors will give them jobs as execs, lobbyists, lawyers, or consultants that pay several times their public office salary.
Dick Cheney was the poster child for this.
As Bush Sr. Def. Sec, he was tasked with figuring out what Pentagon functions could be privatized. He hired Halliburton to do it, and they came back with a list and said, "By the way, we can do A LOT of those." So Cheney gave them a bunch of contracts to do stuff the military used to do for itself.
When Bush admin ended, Cheney became CEO of Halliburton.
When he was VP under Bush Jr, Halliburton got no-bid contracts for services in the Iraq War.
And so it goes.