The functions of the private sector and the public sector have different goals. Maximizing profits for the stockholders and owners of businesses is the primary goal of private sector employers. Providing efficient and effective services to the people that need services is the goal of the public sector.
Therefore, I have very little sympathy when I hear some businessowner complain about having to wait in line when they renew their drivers license or pay a fine at the municipal court. They are receiving the service (or lack thereof) that they funded.
My brother also has some libertarian friends who believe that all government is bad--even while they are collecting an unemployment check and trying out how to put forth the least amount of effort possible to collect that check such as not meeting the minimum number of job contacts to collect their checks. One of those friends is already in hot water with the unemployment commission because he didn't report what he earned one week when he did some part-time work, while another was selected for the "random audit" because he failed to log into the state job site to at least give the appearance that he was looking for a job.
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