In the last few decades, we have witnessed a globalization process of unprecedented scale. A byproduct of this process is a shift in the previous national paradigm as the government's responsibility seem to dwindle and people demand to enable private groups to assume a lot more responsibility. In my opinion, the truth lies somewhere in the middle as some areas can become private yet others have to remain in trusted governmental hands.
It is easy to see why people demand the privatization of governmental services as it cost the public less money and the end-product is quite often far superior. Opening the market for the private sector provides the much-needed competition and allows the forces of economy to idealize the service. It is feasible to remove some fields from the government's hands, and still receive trustworthy results such as with electricity and water supply. However, one must ask himself whether a hospital or a school should be run by a private company that demands profit or by the government for the benefit of the public. For me, the answer is fairly simple.
On the other hand, we choose our own governments, therefore, we entrust those individuals to do what they think is right. If we do not trust our politicians to provide adequate services then we should not vote for them altogether. Let's take toddlers education in Israel as an example, It has been the cause of much debate as it is a private business without any governmental supervision. In the last few years, we have seen a handful of abusive teachers in that age group, mostly because the kindergarten lacked supervision and the teachers themselves were inexperienced. Another area worth mentioning is health services. The American health service is based on a private groups and companies while most hospitals in Israel are owned by the government. In Israel any patient receives exactly the same treatment as money is not on the agenda. It might be wasteful, but the service for weakened population is far superior.
In conclusion, removing services from the government's hands and putting it in the hands of private companies can have some advantages, however, one must not forget that adverse effects such as the ones mentioned above might happen.
In the last few decades, we have witnessed a globalization process of unprecedented scale. A byproduct of this process is a shift in the previous national paradigm as the
government
's responsibility seem to dwindle and
people
demand to enable
private
groups to assume a lot more responsibility. In my opinion, the truth lies somewhere in the middle as
some
areas can become
private
yet
others
have to
remain in trusted governmental hands.
It is easy to
see
why
people
demand the privatization of governmental
services
as it cost the public less money and the
end
-product is quite
often
far superior. Opening the market for the
private
sector provides the much-needed competition and
allows
the forces of economy to idealize the
service
. It is feasible to remove
some
fields from the
government
's
hands
, and
still
receive trustworthy results such as with electricity and water supply.
However
, one
must
ask himself whether a hospital or a school should
be run
by a
private
company
that demands profit or by the
government
for the benefit of the public. For me, the answer is
fairly
simple.
On the other
hand
, we choose our
own
governments
,
therefore
, we entrust those individuals to do what they
think
is right. If we do not trust our politicians to provide adequate
services
then we should not vote for them altogether.
Let
's take toddlers education in Israel as an example, It has been the cause of much debate as it is a
private
business without any governmental supervision. In the last few years, we have
seen
a handful of abusive teachers in that age group,
mostly
because
the kindergarten lacked supervision and the teachers themselves
were inexperienced
. Another area worth mentioning is health
services
. The American health
service
is based
on a
private
groups and
companies
while most hospitals in Israel are
owned
by the
government
. In Israel any patient receives exactly the same treatment as money is not on the agenda. It might be wasteful,
but
the
service
for weakened population is far superior.
In conclusion
, removing
services
from the
government
's
hands
and putting it in the
hands
of
private
companies
can have
some
advantages,
however
, one
must
not forget that adverse effects such as the ones mentioned above might happen.