Privatisation
I am in my mid 20s, the majority of my peers are either apathetic or suffering from moderate to severe mental irregularities. The inbetween for my peeps is a state of constant anger. Now let me share with you why I am angry today.
As teased above, I am pissed off about privatisation. No, I am not a raging communist/socialist/marxist. I am merely a human being that sees, with both the eyes of reason and sense, that privately owned essential PUBLIC services are not working. Well, they are working for the pockets of whoever owns them, BUT they are not working for its users or employees. DOT. PERIOD. END OF STORY.
Now you say: "But what could a young lady like you possibly know about this complicated matter? I mean gosh, you can barely use grammar and spelling correctly!". Well, dear friend, I know enough to be pissed off.
This is how I see, say e.g. the NHS works.
Public ownership
1. You are ill
2. You go see your GP
3. GP prescribe you what they think will help you get better
4. GP's time is paid by the government (or your money paid in the form of taxes)
5. Ergo GP makes sure you get better just so you don't come back, in order for the government to avoid spending more money on you, and I guess reach targets.
6. Ergo you get the best possible prescription from GP to help you get better
7. FINITO
Private ownership
1. You are ill
2. You go see your GP (who works extra hrs, possibly on unpaid breaks, because management says we have to live within our means)
3. GP gives you a prescription (however GP is very tired from those crazy hrs with no breaks, in addition management has told them they have to see 50 people each day, ergo GP only has time to see you for 5 min, however you say to GP you feel suicidal, but GP doesn't have much time, so GP quickly gives you anti-depressant prescription and sends you off)
4. Because GP doesn't have time to talk you through side effects and alternative treatments, you potentially come back. GP is not happy, but management is happy because it means higher client turnover ergo more money they will get for having more customers
Because anything that is not owned by the public is driven by and for profit. There is absolutely no exceptions. When you have something like HEALTHCARE being privately owned you will never ever see improvement. How do you expect a private company to eliminate customer's needs for their services (which will be by getting them better)? This is ridiculous. The best argument for something having the need to be privatised is that it will become more efficient.... you know how that happens? By cutting worker's pay for example. I've done a quick/humble research (basically a comparison) between the same jobs being offered in both private and public sector (prison and healthcare to be precise) and guess what! Yep, vacancies for private public services get less money (substantially) than the same jobs available in the scarce publicly owned services!
I mean come on! I bet you've seen Orange is The New Black! What happened when the prison got privatised?! Yep, they cut the costs of the prisoner's food, they installed bunk beds and filled the prison beyond its capacity, they cut down prison officer's hours and hired extra with less contracted hours just so none of them can get pensions..... Not surprisingly, it works pretty much the same in every privatisation.
Lastly, just a quick mention on the topic of HOW to privatise a public service for dummies.
Step 1. Have pals in the government (e.g. Davy Pigfuck and Jeremy Cunt)
Step 2. Ask them to give the public service crazy contracts and targets just so they are unable to reach them, no matter how selfless and hard working its employees are.
Step 3. Ask your pals in the government to make a major public announcement on how bad the public service is performing and how the only way to save it is to let GOOD SELFLESS KIND HEARTED external saviours give a compassionate hand to the poor struggling public service
Step 4. Count on the apathetic TV mesmerised citizens to not give a fuck or have an opinion (UNLESS Beyonce releases a new album that has a song that talks about someone cheating on someone AND THE WHOOOLE world loses it)
Step 5. Buy the NHS
But hey ho, who cares. We are all too busy watching the new x factor or waiting to see who is going to be in the new big brother. I don't know, just had to write this down, but let's finish on a brighter note: LOOK AT THE PRETTY PUPPIES!!!
