Repetition is all they've got

Conservatives have ideological faith that business is always better:

Robert Ferrari of Tewksbury said he believes that private companies are held to stricter standards.

"I'm pro-privatizing as much of government as possible," said Ferrari, who runs a local blog about issues in Tewksbury.

"The government cannot run anything that a business couldn't do better."

Of course, to run a public library more cheaply, the business has to beggar its workers. So much for higher standards.

The problem with this claim is that it's obvious bullshit. A few counterexamples:

• Medicare, Medicaid, the VA
• highway building
• universal education
• social welfare
• the military

Businesses optimize one thing, and sometimes they do a good job at it.

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