Today, it seems that everyone has their own opinion about the relationship between private sector and the government. It has been in headlines recently because of the HealthCare reform. The conversations about what changes would be brought to the healthcare industry and it switched from private hands, to government control. It's not uncommon to hear people complaining about post office and department of motor vehicle services. Is it really true that the Private Sector can run more effective operations than the government?
In my opinion, the back-bone of the private sector is the element of competition. Competition is the driving force of so much. It's interesting to discuss situations where the private sector is influenced by government.
For example, the gas companies are all run individually, Shell, Conoco, BP, Sunoco, but the government relations has a large influence on the prices. I think that for a most part, people have turned against the gas companies. Let's face it, none of us are happy about the rising gas prices. But who is really to blame? The government.... or the Private sectors?
The government and the private intersect on many levels? But where should they intersect? Should it be allowed for the government to be able to have this much control...and how does it compare historically?
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