Owen Robinson points out a story from up north in which a private agency put up new road signs that were terribly misspelled.
That reminded me that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had written a story about five months ago showing that the contracting out of producing these road signs was three times the cost than if they kept it in the public sector:
In one case, the Department of Transportation tripled its costs when it handed over the management of its road sign inventory to HNTB Corp. The department canceled that $165,000 contract in 2004 amid public criticism.
So much for the conservatives' favorite chant on how privatization saves us tax money.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
For someone who accuses me of not reading stories, you sure as shit dropped a big one. That story you link to is about a law Doyle eliminated which was to make sure state contractors were held accountable for the type of thing you are accusing "the private sector" of messing up, when often times these are companies built upon the premise of milking the taxpayers.
ReplyDeleteYou no doubt know that even on the county-level, an entire cottage industry exists when it comes to getting contract work from a governmental entity.
P.S. One of the rules to make it rich in Washington DC, is "Become a Government Contractor."
Hey, Crabass, you might have not known, since you don't read well, but I am not Doyle's number one fan.
ReplyDeleteNo, you're number two.
ReplyDelete