Typical conservative strategy:

• Public thing exists
• Become a lead weight in government so public thing gets underfunded and cannot adapt to market changes.
• Public thing no longer meets expectations.
• “See? It should be privatized and you won’t have this issue”
• Privatize thing. A few people make a crap load of money in the transition. Thing starts out acceptable for the first few years.
• “Oh no, capitalism uses an infinite growth ponzi model. How do we increase shareholder value this year?”
• Private thing gets underfunded and consumers get manipulated and abused.

Are we winning yet?