Matthias Julius wrote: > Why is that so? Just because it is a public school? Why is a public > school by definition so different from a private school? Is there no > way of making a public school more (cost-)efficient?
Yes. We're discussing it right now. :P
Seriously though which is the general rule; a cost-efficient government
program or a cost-inefficient government program? Generally it's the latter
by a wide margin.
I boils down to incentives. In a business there is a drive to be
cost-efficient because there is competition. If they do the job better and
cheaper they get more business you lose out. In government there is a drive
to be cost-inefficient. The more you overrun your budget the greater a chance
the budget is increased to cover "much needed expenses." The government, in
turn, doesn't demand cost-efficiency because it doesn't have to sell itself to
anyone based on that criteria. It sells itself on how much it "does for the
voter", cost be damned.
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