Absolutely, I wish we would get rid of this cult-like devotion to the private sector and its amazing profitability and efficiencies.
Government shouldn't be based on profitability, it should be based on services and outcomes. Adding all these stupid expectations dilutes the entire point of the endeavour.
For example, see people's obsession with Transit rates. Just make it free and extract the costs fairly across taxation brackets because even those who don't use it still benefit from the infrastructure it brings (for example, if you drive and someone transits, thats one less car on the road for you). But obsessing that public transit needs to run like a business is absurd because profit in this case doesn't actually provide any economic benefit as an incentive model.
Government shouldn't be based on profitability, it should be based on services and outcomes. Adding all these stupid expectations dilutes the entire point of the endeavour.
For example, see people's obsession with Transit rates. Just make it free and extract the costs fairly across taxation brackets because even those who don't use it still benefit from the infrastructure it brings (for example, if you drive and someone transits, thats one less car on the road for you). But obsessing that public transit needs to run like a business is absurd because profit in this case doesn't actually provide any economic benefit as an incentive model.