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by ApolloFortyNine 779 days ago
The way government pricing usually goes, going private is likely saving 90% over what it would cost to implement this by some government agency.

The million (almost 2 million) dollar toilet comes to mind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/us/san-francisco-toilet.h...

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"going private is likely saving 90% over". How's that working out for your private US healthcare system? Some of the most expensive private care in the world. The toilet you mention is in one of the richest most capitilistic states in the world, they have super expensive public toilets alongside homelessness. In other countries they have cheap public toilets. I'm not sure public/private is the deciding factor. I think it's San Francisco.