Red-light traffic camera deals under scrutiny
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-26/red-light-camera-deals/50943554/1
I think I am starting to grok the core problem with our government. When you have governments that award lucrative contracts (i.e., outsource something) you get corruption that is nearly impossible to remove. Sure, on the surface privatizing makes sense because on the surface corporations are less wasteful than government, but because governments lack any sort of profit model, and I am starting to think now, because governments lack any millionaires (or billionaires) backing them to pay for endless lobbyists, governments are more likely (though that does not mean highly likely) to downsize when revenues drop, rather than borrow endless trillions of future tax payer dollars to continue the feeding of aforesaid rich people. I have long held that the government which governs best, governs least, but I am starting to reconsider that idea. Though governments are (I believe) inherently wasteful, because they lack a profit motive (and doesn’t pay out million dollar bonuses, offer stock options, etc.) I think their overall, long-term, cost structure is probably more in line with the greatest good for the greatest number.
