I think the last sentence here is the killer for the opposing argument, really.
Personally (not knowing enough about economics and public borrowing), my common-sense view is “if it can make money for the private investors, why can’t it make money for the government with their low borrowing costs?” People throw around a lot of counter arguments that have varying degrees of merit, but no arguments I’ve seen against public ownership deal with the “private ownership has demonstrably failed for the last 30 years” argument. Doesn’t matter what your political/economic/social viewpoint is, that’s just fact at this point
I think the last sentence here is the killer for the opposing argument, really.
Personally (not knowing enough about economics and public borrowing), my common-sense view is “if it can make money for the private investors, why can’t it make money for the government with their low borrowing costs?” People throw around a lot of counter arguments that have varying degrees of merit, but no arguments I’ve seen against public ownership deal with the “private ownership has demonstrably failed for the last 30 years” argument. Doesn’t matter what your political/economic/social viewpoint is, that’s just fact at this point