Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "The Legislation That Changed America Forever" video.

Here's an idea: How about not running healthcare and education for profit, but instead view it as an investment in the well being of society? Has anyone ever wondered whether the sewage system, bridges, the police or the military doesn't turn a profit? Because they're not supposed to... They're essential services, not commodities in a market.
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@xiphoid2011 In terms of average outcome - governments are indeed more efficient when it comes to education and healthcare. Look at your average socialised European country and compare it to eg the US. It's not even a contest, buddy. The myth of private efficiency is based on the fact that private companies 1) Don't publicise their wasted spending 2) Can cut costs without any wider economical consequences as they have no social responsibilities and 3) Can simply transfer the increased costs to the consumer Of course there's public bureaucracy and waste, but that's a matter of scale. Every large corporation has tons of inefficiency, the same as any public department.
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@PapaDragonTV That's simply not true. Many companies would love to privatise sewers, security, water services etc. In some instances they already are privatised with calamitous consequences for the citizens...
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It didn't change shit. As intended. 10 years later, the US still has the the most expensive and yet the worst healthcare system out of all developed countries.
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