Why is the "private sector" better than the "public sector"?

[JoePhilly]

68. Again I return to the Defense Industry.

I have friends who work in that industry. Technically, they are "private sector" workers. But their jobs are based on GOVERNMENT contracts. In other words, they get paid via TAX dollars, that are filtered through a FOR PROFIT private business.

In other words, tax dollars become salary for private workers, AND they also become PROFIT for the executives of those companies.

Defense is a HUGE part of our economy. Public money, pushed into private hands.

Consider this ... why does your phone have GPS? Did the private sector do that? Or, did the public sector create the satellite network that enables GPS on your phone? Who ran the original phone lines? Who built the interstate highway system? Which private businesses did this?

Did you hear that just the other day, a private company was able to launch a rocket and go to the space station? Do you know who's technology they relied on? Which experts did they consult with to do it?

What the public sector does is invest in technology areas years and even decades before any private entity could do so.

And now, the GOP wants to end that.