Models of Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships
Conclusion V
.
.
Financial savings is not a moral justification for
privatization, which worsens problems of inequality.
Savings overstated because of
industry-funded research and PR.
Any savings comes at expense of
worker pay and salaries.
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"A lot of jobs in government are
middle-class jobs that in the private
sector are not middle-class jobs.
People aren't willing to support
conditions for public workers that they
themselves no longer enjoy." John
Donahue, Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University
Private
GEO CEO
= $6 million
(2012)
Public
Dept of
Corrections
Director =
less than
$200,000
Guard =
$39,040
$30,460
(2010)
(2010)
Salary only, does not include
the value of benefits.
From Barak, Leighton and Cotton, Class,
Race, Gender & Crime, 4th ed (from
Securities and Exchange Commission and
Bureau of Labor Statistics data)View entire presentation