>Look at how well competition works in our broken healthcare system.
There no effective competition which is why the "race to the bottom" is not taking place.
>Competition and profit motive hasn’t been proven to work so well for public goods, in my opinion, but would love to hear of examples where it worked.
Shipping everything larger than a letter comes to mind.
>This is why for some things we still agree we should pay for things at a government level (local or national), such as firefighters, defense, mail, etc, etc.
Just because the government regulates and pays (fully or partially) doesn't mean the government should deliver the service. Private utilities seem to be slightly less dysfunctional than government owned ones. Private EMTs work fine. Private security isn't known for brutalizing people without a good reason. The roads are plowed at pretty competitive rates by private contractors.
Don't get me wrong, some "essential for society to function" services should be provided by or managed by government to varying degrees but the degree depends on the service. In housing a service does not inherently make it better.
There no effective competition which is why the "race to the bottom" is not taking place.
>Competition and profit motive hasn’t been proven to work so well for public goods, in my opinion, but would love to hear of examples where it worked.
Shipping everything larger than a letter comes to mind.
>This is why for some things we still agree we should pay for things at a government level (local or national), such as firefighters, defense, mail, etc, etc.
Just because the government regulates and pays (fully or partially) doesn't mean the government should deliver the service. Private utilities seem to be slightly less dysfunctional than government owned ones. Private EMTs work fine. Private security isn't known for brutalizing people without a good reason. The roads are plowed at pretty competitive rates by private contractors.
Don't get me wrong, some "essential for society to function" services should be provided by or managed by government to varying degrees but the degree depends on the service. In housing a service does not inherently make it better.