Is Nationalizing beneficial for the government or not?

Answer 1

It depends on what is nationalized. In Canada and many European countries

nationalized health care (called Universal Health Care in Canada) has benefitted

more of the population because no one is left without any coverage at all.

On the other hand sometimes for specialized surgeries (called elective) the wait

time is more than one can bear. So in Canada there have developed a system

of other private clinics whereby people with their own money CAN go there

to get the surgery much quicker.

Also some of my friends have gone to Seattle or Bellingham, close to the

border with Canada, for surgeries of potentially life threatening things

because they would either 1) have had to wait longer for the surgery in Canada

or .......... ........... 2) the surgeon in the US had much more experience

So, regarding nationalizing health care, the issue is not simple. There are many factors

to consider.

This is likely the case with many many other potential nationalizing issues.

In Mexico the government has nationalized the oil industry so they control the

price. When the price of oil went so high and gasoline (made from oil) went

up to over 3.00a gallon in the US, Mexico kept the price at around 1.35 or so because

the government had CONTROL of it. Therefore the Mexican workers didn't suffer more

because of the world crisis in oil and gasoline costs.

Does that mean nationalizing is a good thing every time? No, often the thing being

nationalized could be run better by private enterprise. It is almost a case by case

issue, meaning there is no one way which is ALWAYS better to do it. Unfortunately

most countries either support nationalizition (like, Cuba, Venezuela and to a lesser

extent Canada and the northern Countries like Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands,

Finland). Regardless of what people will say, there is no definitived answer to your

question because, simply, the history of nationalization has been successful in some

cases, as the example above, and not successful in other cases.