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Lol, there are a bunch of publicly owned services and even companies. Amtrak is owned by the government. Libraries used to be privately owned or owned by private universities. Here's just a few: * Bank of the US * Amtrak * AmericCorps * Fish & Wildlife Foundation * OPIC (Over Seas Private Investment Corporation) * NeighborWorks * USPS * FICO (The Financing Corporation) * GMC (For a time) * CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) There are a TON of publicly owned & somewhat profitable companies that help offset our tax burden. A lot of it has to do with investing in local and foreign markets. It's literally not socialism because a lot of these are for profit enterprises that actually make money while keeping costs low and offsetting the burden these services would provide to the end consumer. If it wasn't for Amtrak, metro-link and other rail companies would be able to charge whatever they want. We, in the US, pay less taxes and have an increased budget as a country because of these publicly owned enterprises. Having a portion of a sector of commerce that is publicly owned does not negate the viability of private enterprise within that space. It's a nonsensical argument. Edit: Why shouldn't the public sector compete with the private sector? Where's the free market spirit? If the private sector can't compete with the public sector on pricing, wages, and labor equity then why does the private sector exist other than to exploit consumers and labor? But that's a topic for another day. The bottom line is that we already have a mixed economy and for the markets the public sector has a presence it is very much a good thing for consumers and competition. Edit: What public ownership does outside of keeping access available to everyone, prices competitive, and adding to our budget is ensure that research and development in those markets aren't privatized. In this case, should there be a truly revolutionary advancement in AI, having publicly owned AI compani