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Why Privatize?

Yet another example of government incompetence this week in Buffalo, NY:

The fiscally strapped Buffalo School District paid more than $544,000 for health insurance coverage for dead retirees and their spouses, recouping the money only after a state audit red-flagged the problem.

Over half a million dollars. Tax dollars. And the district safeguards are defended in the article.

The state comptroller scrutinized safeguards used by 20 municipalities for making sure that they are not paying insurance premiums for people who have died. The audit found that 19 municipalities needed to improve their systems, including the Buffalo Public Schools and Niagara County, the only two local government entities that were cited in the audit...

The Buffalo Public Schools' payments represented nearly 70 percent of the $786,481 that the nine governmental entities paid for health insurance for beneficiaries who had died.

Isn't it wonderful to see the government turned loose - to solve the problems of our nation, our states, our cities?