The activity of a prison is on behalf of a government, pursuant to a
statutory duty of the government to administer justice. That its
operation is outsourced to a private company doesn't change that fact.
You can't just start your own prison - it is a state monopoly.
Public transport may be a state monopoly, but sometimes it isn't. In the
middle you have state regulation, which is the status in much of the UK.
Anyone can start a bus company, but you need to register the route at
least. (I think it might be a bit more complicated than that...)
Providing free transport, well, I suppose anyone can make it free if
they want, but the money has to come from somewhere...
On 2018-11-04 15:41, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>
> On 4. Nov 2018, at 10:19, Allan Mustard <al...@mustard.net> wrote:
>
>> If it is a budget-dependent company/corporation, such as the Commodity
>> Credit Corporation of the U.S. government, which generates no revenue of its
>> own and relies wholly on appropriations from the U.S. Congress, yes, it
>> should be tagged government. As Deep Throat said, "Follow the money!"
>
> I find this difficult, because it implies we define what is original
> government duty and what is not. Providing beer is apparently not a
> government job (any more?), providing healthcare might be (?), what about
> transportation? Is free public transportation a government duty? They surely
> wouldn't generate (at least direct) profits, and if the service isn't free it
> could still be financed by the government and not be profitable. Similarly
> the providing of energy, water, the treatment of waste. Europeans tend to see
> prisons as government sites, in the US prisons are often private.
>
> Ciao, Martin
>
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