We can simply look at private schools. They have ONE goal: maximize profits.
The good grades and reputation is only their marketing to get people to pay the price.
Now imagine if a neighborhood school would expel students because they didn’t have good grades and it hurts their standing. Problem children would be rejected from all schools who don’t want the trouble. That’s a private education system.
The thing that always baffles me is that they never look to increase government revenue. Every company I’ve worked for the question was always 1 how to increase money coming in then 2 how to reduce money going out. In that order.
Because the way to increase government revenue is to raise taxes, and businesses and the rich can afford to lobby against that for them, so it means raising taxes for the poorest.
Which doesn’t raise that much and is always unpopular.
The government, at least the US government, absolutely already is run like a business.
A business is here to make money
A government is here to provide services
There are many parts of the government that are not SUPPOSED to be “run like a business.” How much money did the Navy make this year? How much money did Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security make this year?
Of course, the answer is that they’re not supposed to make money. Those institutions exist to defend the nation and to make sure ordinary citizens have an alternative to dying in a ditch.
Running business like a business is already a disaster.
“It’s just business” is the modern “I was just following orders.”
Profits first and only, humanity not at all. A liability. The capitalists do not concern themselves with the plight of the cattle.
