No idea who Molly McCracken is but its worth brushing up on the means by which folks try to attack SIBs. Cherry picking is the order of the day, not as she sees the world through a ‘half full if you are lucky’ glass but rather from apparently cherry picking one telco which, unlike hundreds of others throughout the world, has apparently been better in public ownership than privately held. That must account for why the nations with the greatest percentage of public ownership where the government controls everything, have ended up with the citizens starving…
Privatize Daycare? Remember MTS
Molly McCracken – Winnipeg Free Press
Social service schemes recently announced by the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to encourage private child care and introduce “social impact” bonds soften the ground towards privatization. The assumption is that the private sector knows best how to fund and deliver public services. This is false — publicly delivered services are more efficient, accountable and in the long-term public interest.
PLY: A spectacularly incorrect series of assertions bundled with multiple inaccuracies…