This is exactly what happens when big intrusive government owns , operates and controls the public infrastructure . All of these operations should be retuned back to private enterprise .
Even though the USA is suppose to be considered a capitalistic free market country ,the reality is that the USA is a mixed economy : half capitalism and half socialism . The advocates for big intrusive government often complain about monopolies , yet our government remains the biggest monopoly .
The job of our government is to protect the life. Liberty , and pursuit of happiness of the people they govern . It is not the job of the government to monopolize industries and make the people over pay for their services . There should be a complete separation of the economy from the state .
This kind of corruption led me to add a feature to my Chartertopia, that anyone can force an auction of any government budget / agency with a credible bid, such as backed by a bond or cash deposit. I never dove into any details, but being an auction would at least prevent lowball bids such as $1. I can imagine lots of reactions such as "what if China buys the Hoover Dam and destroys it" but I'm not going to worry about that. The core ideas remain; government should not do anything that private enterprise are willing to do, and all budgets should be independent, with no transfers between them, which includes the feds bribing states with taxpayer money.
This is exactly what happens when big intrusive government owns , operates and controls the public infrastructure . All of these operations should be retuned back to private enterprise .
Even though the USA is suppose to be considered a capitalistic free market country ,the reality is that the USA is a mixed economy : half capitalism and half socialism . The advocates for big intrusive government often complain about monopolies , yet our government remains the biggest monopoly .
The job of our government is to protect the life. Liberty , and pursuit of happiness of the people they govern . It is not the job of the government to monopolize industries and make the people over pay for their services . There should be a complete separation of the economy from the state .
This kind of corruption led me to add a feature to my Chartertopia, that anyone can force an auction of any government budget / agency with a credible bid, such as backed by a bond or cash deposit. I never dove into any details, but being an auction would at least prevent lowball bids such as $1. I can imagine lots of reactions such as "what if China buys the Hoover Dam and destroys it" but I'm not going to worry about that. The core ideas remain; government should not do anything that private enterprise are willing to do, and all budgets should be independent, with no transfers between them, which includes the feds bribing states with taxpayer money.