Private vs. Public.

Daily Show

For all the naysayers claiming that private health insurance companies will never survive if a public health insurance option does, Jon Stewart made yet another fortuitous point last week by comparing the success of private education vs. public education [specifically, watch 3.07 to 3.49].

And with his inspiration, I have decided to begin listing successful private vs. public (or government run) exemplars, meaning both are lucrative in spite of their simultaneous existence. Here goes, and please feel free to add to this...

• We already know private school vs. public school
  (Both meaningful parts of my education right through graduate school.)
• Cable television networks vs. publicly available television networks
  
• Book stores vs. libraries
• Private shipping (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) vs. the U.S. Postal Service
• Public highways vs. private toll roads

What else? I know I’m leaving a heap out, send me some more examples (please), or post them below.