Friday, December 16, 2016

Beware Private Partners

The Private/Public Partnerships touted by Agenda 21 implementers has a down-side.

This was a codename for corruption and the donation of taxpayer dollars to corporations who are looking for a hand-out and requiring “tax relief” to build new boondoggles all over our cities. 

As we remove unnecessary and overpriced regulations from builders, we need to back off of the extortion racket that has been raging for the past 8 years.

This notion that we can mix tax dollars with corporation dollars is not a good idea.  The only way to make sure that government doesn’t shirk its duty to maintain infrastructure is to not allow it. 

Governments will need to return to “lowest bidder” selection and get rid of its “scoring schemes” that would allow a higher bidder to get the job. Governments should require contractors to guarantee their work by having them buy a “performance bond” to insure the project against non-conformance.

Under no circumstances should private companies be allowed to collect taxpayer dollars to operate their private schools as charter schools. 

States should not allow private companies to build and own highway systems paid for with taxpayer dollars. 

Taxes from one county should not be donated to other counties.

Government work needs to be separate from developer work and the two should not enter into partnerships. Some current government services should be transferred to the private sector, like bus service. There is no reason to have any tax-subsidized public transit.. 


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

1 comment:

  1. This is so true. Public/private partnerships occasionally seem to be working beautifully, but lack of clear structures for accountability always shows in the long run. It's hard to think of a better example than Washington's Metrorail (sigh--I *liked* Metrorail during those few years when it worked).

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