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Brandon Persaud
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Peter Constantinou
PPAS 2110 Canadian Government
June 20, 2016
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public sector look like the private sector. They decided to grab hold of
2013) The government might not pursue profit, but it does pursue
power. It wants to jolt through bureaucratic hoops and stop you from
collectively but operate at the bottom line. The main goal of a private
by this profit making mentality. Since the government does not operate
on the bottom line, this can have a negative impact on the welfare of
people. This paper will argue that the Government cannot be operated
like a business. The government vs. the private sector is what compels
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government and private sector seem to differ more than they are
similar. As the essay will purse to show how a literature review of how
business.
active and efficient. It's meant to secure our rights. (Sabo, 2016) A
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as most of the decisions made for the country as a whole are mainly
voted on or a census, not just one person making a final decision and
opinion. On the other hand, we have the private sector. The private
means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the State, also
known as the part of the national economy that is not under direct
not being able to control the private sectors allows certain restrictions
that are held on government ran businesss like LCBO to not be held
will explain why the government should not be run like a business.
also make the customers life very unpleasant because simply being in
American Medical Association has, for example, argued for years that
very few people actually have much choice when it comes to health
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payment while giving only a vague idea of coverage (which may well
change over time and with little to no notice) and they can delay
social significance, but each is quite profitable and exists in the private
sector. Meanwhile, few would argue that the Army, Navy, Air Force,
libraries, parks, and public schools are of no social value, and yet they
saying is true, if the government was needed to run all their entities
educated and social were needed to gain profits from the work that
offer us for free, then there will be a problem. One reason why the
government should not be run like a business would be the Profit vs.
the People (Online MBA, Blog) A Corporations main goal is to make the
letting people down if dont use that money and were not using it to
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drive down prices, become more efficient, etc. The government doesnt
prohibits other firms from entering the market. (Harbin, 2012) This is
high, then she will choose not to pay. If a person thinks that taxes are
too high, it doesn't matter; she is forced to keep paying them or get
will pay for a product. The act of raising prices is not malicious.
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Companies incur costs that they have to cover, and they have
a company raises its price too high, then individuals will stop
voluntarily buying its product or service. This means that the company
will not be able to cover its costs, and then it will go out of business.
the positive side of the revenue decreases as it has in the last four
years, the expense side does not. And because many of those liabilities
have the cost of living alterations, they are rising every year.
spend their money, then multiple changes will have to make otherwise.
not only because of what the critique, blogs, articles and Internet
sources say. I feel they should not be run like a business because of the
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outcome that would be received if they were to be ran like one and the
was needed to run all their entities and industries as a business than
gain profits from the work that offer us for free, then there will be a
storing tax dollars for no good reason. Another reason would be the
government would be letting people down if dont use that money and
were not using it to keep the country running efficiently. Similarly, the
(by whatever standard). Nor am I arguing that there are not many
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people collectively but operate at the bottom line. The main goal of a
driven by this profit making mentality. Since the government does not
operate on the bottom line, this can have a negative impact on the
a business. The outcome that comes from all these private sector
exploitation and problems aroused from all these changes that would
representing the people, as most of the decisions made for the country
making a final decision and opinion. On the other hand, we have the
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not controlled by the State, also known as the part of the national
bloggers, and journalists view the government vs. the private sector
agree with what they believe, but from what I have researched and
read, I believe that governments ran like a private sector are not
needed. LCBO and Healthcare are government ran business and too
many laws and restrictions are used within them. Personally, the
revenue made by these corporations are not even shown what they are
being used to. Imagine if all businesses and corporations were run like
a business, all tax saving dollars would have to be shown where they
are used. Definitely, it should be used to help provide for the country
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Annotated Bibliography
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Liberty. 2013.
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2013/12/robert_murphy_o_3.h
tml Retrieved 26 May, 2016
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