If the government can provide a better and cheaper service, what exactly is the problem? The free market will decide if the government's competition makes sense.
the government doesn’t use any tax revenue to do this nor impose any debt on the government
Where is the initial capital investment supposed to come from? And what is the purpose of collecting taxes other than to provide services to the citizens? What's different between garbage collection, water, power and internet?
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If the government can provide a better and cheaper service, what exactly is the problem? The free market will decide if the government's competition makes sense.
This is fine as long as:
- the government doesn’t use any tax revenue to do this nor impose any debt on the government
- the government doesn’t get any special privileges for access to lay fiber
Then it’s no different than a regular competitor. This is often not the case though and it makes it very difficult for anyone to compete.
Where is the initial capital investment supposed to come from? And what is the purpose of collecting taxes other than to provide services to the citizens? What's different between garbage collection, water, power and internet?
The problem is ideological.
No it’s not, see my other reply.
"Privatize profits
"Socialize losses"
—Reagan, probably.