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Publication Date: February 1986
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Stuart M. Butler
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Budget
Type: Report
Abstract:
Privatization recognizes that it is possible to reduce the cost of government by changing the role of government. Government is not very good at running railroads, or building housing, or picking up garbage. By recognizing this simple fact, and drawing on the competitive private sector to perform such functions, Congress can cut the deficit by ensuring that more efficient services, not fewer services, are provided to the American people.