I don't know in which country you live, but here in France, privatization and opening markets has been salutary. - The phone lines state monopoly was broken, it cut the cost by a factor of 10, and made possible high speed internet. - The packages delivery state monopoly was broken, which lead to a much more improved service, which delivery of fresh food or tracking minute by minute where your package is. - The internal flights state monopoly was broken, which leds to low-cost operator who devided flights tickets by factor of 20.