so
tha yet what is the appropriate role of
government versus the private sector where does the commons begin and and
here's kenny is a policy analyst with the reason foundation
uh... reason dot org is their website and the color of their annual
privatization report
paris welcome the program
career
so uh... here
your
celebrated and guests the
the level of privatization the number of
prison
uh... rooms uh... buddy column cells i guess
that have been uh... be taken on a government hands and put into the hands
of people who make a profit off it the number water systems have been taken out
of government hansen
but in the hands of people to make a profit off of other number electrical
systems have been taken out of government hands on the hands of we the
people and put the hands of of fat cats who can make a profit offered why are
you celebrating this
pure exactly which is based on our report but just came out it it's
actually not
positive ursa porting worker deciding district about and what happened
uh... and write a column on the whole point of the reasons foundation is to
support privatization is it not
weaker or rotation when democrat but this report isn't necessarily a
celebration
expecting what's going on and um... an in-depth report we here and we look at a
corrections education water and
question your premise
depicted taking angered out of the continent giving them to creep back at
allotted time they're actually weak agreement and
you know any other non-profit
uh... e and refreshing public ownership of that to market in crime paratrooper
well where aware
the the old thank you
where should the commons begin and end
unenglish if it's not the job of all of us
we the people in the first three words the constitution we the people
there are certain things that
that are so important to life liberty the pursuit of happiness to literally be
able to live
and be free
that
you don't want them in the hands of somebody whose primary interest is not
serving the public good whose primary interests is making money
and i would think at the very top of that with the things like water
sure well i think what i would greatly
by agree they are definitely or function the government and if you read through
the report
what we're seeing is basically
policymakers a local level or out of money
and so they're finding different ways to deliver services but they're not a
monolith focus their of their only out of money in those states where right
wingers
have have passed laws like in california an organ that require word the could the
legislature can't raise taxes without a super-majority
uh... he he they're only out of money in the states for republicans run the state
and they're absolutely unwilling to raise taxes
that was thirty five percent of all
government spending back in the nineteen fifties and sixties
this now less than ten percent of government spending when there's there's
a lot of my teammate in this country and there's a lot of people make it a lot of
money in this country
uh... it's not that that governments are out of money its that the governments
are being restrained by people who share your philosophy
well we've got review has been going up decade
so i'm not sure what must you because inflation has been lowering the value of
the dollar for decades
but government spending in real dollars right now is it a sixty year low
sixty years
exactly a trillion quitting federal this or i'm not sure if yes or here artistic
but i mean government doing more
than they ever have before merger during the day planning our government has been
consistently alive
last decade or so well other than you know bush blowing it up for the military
on wall what kind of where and or where it that
where eleven for their while the number of government employees which we've had
four hundred and seventy thousand government employees laid off
since brock obama became president now most of them were laid off a dread
states by republican governors
but the net number of government willys nationwide has dropped by a all staff a
million
just in the last three years
government is getting stronger
career what perry quickbooks adequate or employer because often times with a look
at it belt fireplace
but in reality disclosing open positions that happened and sylvia
i'd and i i frankly don't know i i do believe that the numbers are pretty
solid and they're not point out of them very epidemic that we've had to go out
but
in actuality almost all of the way out of date
vacant position but have not been phil don't of personal fire
an equivalent of a person that would have been bill clinton will set up a set
of dueling numbers here here's but i want a risk any policy analyst reason
for the nation
why
jed any community
surrender their sovereignty in control over their water supply
the uh... french corporation
sure well water secret careful
but branch of the biggest donors that by the water water supplies within the
united states around the world now sir
why do i should have a large-scale concession concessionaire
it correctly prep another radical right wing country
nobody corporations are and the corporation france was a call aqua
under director or another there are quite a few other private sector or
community have there that's a ravaged in number of communities and it's just a
field we ate
the did you ever read the story what happened to down and and was in ecuador
acquittal was
when when uh...
uh...
that tell and the couple companies came in and privatize the water spots
incident people
now we now on the rainwater cosmos the people's poor area took took the water
supply from off the roofs
and said you know you've gotta pay us when you take water off your roof of the
people revolted
are not merit after welfare their andrew lot are or at the public
and try to manager have affect unit water wrote parking
uh... even contract inter basically like my practice comported that if we can try
public sector the contract and oversee
something like water and why do we expect them to own it operated and
maintained if they can even contract overseer fiery expected an operator so i
mean it was your premise is flawed harris
iprimus assumes that you can't trust government and even if you can trust
governments because been corrupted by something
in most cases what's been corrupted by his corporate money
wifey record you can track them but i don't want a conflict
if i don't want the fox guarding the hen house on government to be overseeing and
i want to cut it back to be held accountable contract
under normal public provision why throw somebody in the middle electrical
blocking
why it's a ok this community the we haven't got a million people as
community in the army water
and we're to provide their water
and you know we the city whatever rental water treatment plant was a solid tricia
luis donaldo water treatment plant will sample cell twenty-year bond stood to
raise the money not
why should we hand that over to a private four ca proper corporation that
has to stand atleast ten or fifteen percent of the top to be able to
to distribute asking a assets uh... that uh... dividends excuse me to the
shareholders
and that is paying their c_e_o_s millions of dollars why should we do
that why should
why should we the people ever
have to have private contractors involved in things the government is
doing
that involve the copier question why it's red tape that we the people aren't
necessarily doing acrobatic director markets are representative letter to do
that via representatives uh...
architecture you do it for a few reasons one that part of their companies
overs when it oversight for contract there were bringing backpack this
problem international work and government to do that this is right now
and nasa masterworks and really really well there's a thirty l decadent
is so scary administrations never failed to get as the repository for phil to
write a check of a that dorega actually does that the army you know everybody
serves very efficient works very well
aunty government is actually competent it's just it needs to be held to account
by we the people
but you guys want to take it away from the we the people put in the hands of a
fat cat who's goes whose responsive to nobody
you know if i show up in a private corporation to protest the c_e_o_ i get
arrested if i show up in my member of congress is office of the sign you know
on a patriot
from really are
his country being done by elected officials i mean if people alike what it
does elected officials who are about are being are bought and paid by these
companies and this is this is mile point is that because of the supreme court
doctrine
that that money is somehow speech enough property
then and therefore protect that are the first minute you get corporations
corrupting government and it's a horrible thing and i think that your
your navel and effective encouraging it
well i mean i think those are pretty office orthopedic problems are voters
are paying attention so it's all of your dollars falls
motorcade
paris
there's plenty of reason dot org centers