Re: <nettime> Privatisation of Government Services

[David Irving <dirving@box.net.au>]

Additionally, on past evidence, this kind of problem seems more likely to occur
when public utilitiies have been privatised than when they are still in public
hands - I don't know whether it's due to greed, an inability to look past next
quarter's bottom line, a lack of a notion of public service, or just plain
penny-pinching stupidity.

We've had a number of these incidents (mostly non-fatal except for the Victorian
experience with an emergency services' vehicle routing system) in Australia.

David

Bill Spornitz wrote:

> As well, the government of the Province of Ontario has been on a
> track of *neo-liberal* privatisation for several years - wouldn't the
> *Walkerton Tragedy* (as it's been called) be a result of the
> weakening of the role of government in these critical social welfare
> issues? It seems to me, in this case, if the government were playing
> a stronger role it would be in its place to negate the effects of
> such *enlightened self interest*.
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