Fool me twice: New York State commutes Charter's death sentence after Charter promises to stop breaking its promises

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@HMSGoose

I tend to think that where innovation and experimentation is needed, funding private organizations (non-profits are preferable) with public dollars to perform work can often be better. They are more nimble, have simpler procurement processes, and can work with less red tape.

My experience is that public-private partnerships are just a mess. The private sector thinks the public sector is a bottomless trough of money and the public sector seems happy to prove that true. While private sector can avoid public sector procurement, they themselves are hired through public sector procurement, which usually means whoever gets hired has proven experience in manipulating government processes to put money in their pockets.