[j_walter]

Private sector can make it more efficient for some things...but what I'm referencing is the use of NGOs for public services and the most wasteful I've seen are in the "Large Blue Cities". CEOs of relatively small firms that get millions of dollars in funding but also give themselves 6 figure salaries for "charity work".

I saw a recent article about an NGO that was going to not be able to help immigrants learn how to navigate the path to citizenship. Big story about losing $300K a year in federal grants. However they also took in $2-3M a year in other funding and spent most of it on lobbying for immigrant law changes, as well as paying their CEO a decent 6 figure salary. However the sob story about cutting services to immigrants was the only thing they talked about cutting.

[const_cast]

The use cases for outsourcing to the private sector are few and far between. Only if the product or service is extremely difficult, complex, and one-off. Other than that, you save money in the long-run doing it in house, and long-run is MUCH more important for governments than companies.

[j_walter]

>>>and long-run is MUCH more important for governments than companies.

Yes, but rarely for the people in charge of spending the money in the government or the people who were voted in to do so.