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Face the facts: Competition and profit don't work in health, education or prisons
Following a long series of unsuccessful attempts at developing a workable lightbulb, Thomas Edison is supposed to have said, “I’ve not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” This quote comes irresistibly to mind when thinking about Tony Blair’s famous commitment to “what works”, as opposed to ideology, in public policy. In retrospect, it seems that Blair, and like-minded reformers throughout the English-speaking world, have delivered an Edison in reverse.
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It was 2,000, not 10,000....That sentence looks odd. I'm pretty sure I wrote it correctly, but that comma after the "2,000" just doesn't look right.
Anyway, yeah. Those are proper roles of government in society. I can not think of a single instance where private industry has taken over what should be a not-for-profit government role and did it without harming the people they are supposed to help, protect or serve. Capitalism is a cute concept that doesn't work in the real world. Why? Greed, mostly. The idea of ever-increasing profits quarter-over-quarter is absolutely insane and unsustainable and driven by boundless greed with no vision for the future.
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