From the Sunday June 17th issue of The Wichita Eagle, Letters to the Editor:

Privatize jobs

Concerning government employees’ paychecks and benefits and all the fuss over collective-bargaining rights for public employees: The solution is to privatize everything – schools, Postal Service, all government agencies.
Let knowledgeable businesspeople run these as they would any business. They would hire and fire as they see fit, and workers would have to earn their pay and benefits, just as the rest of us do.
Yes, it could be done. Government workers just don’t want to lose their safe, cushy jobs.
I realize many do an excellent job, but there are also many who don’t.
Accountability is the key.

LAURIE HARTKE
Newton

My take: Most everything the government does can be done by the private sector at a lower cost and better quality. Privatize the public schools!

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