Gail Collins' take on privatization
In her column this morning, "Political Private Practice", NYT's Gail Collins talks privatization, including public school privatization with what she calls humorization. No one can do it better.
In honor of the campaign season, maybe this is a good time to point out some examples of privatization disasters. Texas tried to turn eligibility screening for social services over to a private company, creating all sorts of messes until it gave up the experiment. The most apocryphal story involved a privately run call center that told applicants to send their documentation to a number
