[anamax]

> Fine, show me somewhere that doesn't use a tender-contract model.

That's a different issue. Politics....

>> If something is actually too inefficient, the costs will stop them and they'll come up with a plan that is "efficient enough".

> Why do you think companies seek monopoly concessions, or that distributors seek same from producers in the private marketplace?

To avoid competition. Of course that question isn't related to the statement quoted.

Yes, some garbage companies are/were mobbed up. Since some of them had city franchises, it's unclear why you'd bring that up. In any event, it's as irrelevant as the fact that the mob engages in other biz.