This article is terrible. Sure you can find examples of privatization having less than stellar results. But it's not uniformly so and I doubt it's even commonly so.<p>> The report, “How Privatization Increases Inequality,” is full of such examples. There’s the transit system of Nassau County, New York, privatized in 2012 in an effort to cut costs. Almost immediately after Veolia signed a contract with the city, the company reduced service on 30 routes, and eliminated several lines all together. A year later, fares increased. They’ve gone up every year since. More lines have been eliminated, and still the transit system continues to face budget shortfalls.<p>If they care so much about which lines are operated, that should be part of the contract. Why would the company continue to operate lines that would be running at a loss? Sounds like the residents should be complaining about whoever negotiated this terrible contract (i.e. whoever was wined and dined into signing it).<p>> Oftentimes, it’s worker’s wages, which worsens income inequality. Government jobs used to offer healthy salary and benefit packages, making them steady careers that could stabilize communities, the report notes. But privatized positions for the same work often offer lower wages, reduced benefits and little to no retirement security.<p>Who's going to pay those healthy salaries and pensions? If the latter are just unfunded mandates, it's hardly fair to compare them against a private company that has to cover it's obligations as they come in, via defined contribution plans or into a sinking fund, based on the money it's actually collecting (v.s. future higher taxes).