Really?  I was in the Air Force and presently work contract to "private" companies who make their money via government contracts as well as purely private companies.  Air Force was far more wasteful than all, but the ones tied to the government contracts come in a close second.  Purely private companies tend to be very efficient or they close their doors quickly.

And, if you want to talk pure government, how's that war on terror going?  What's this...40 years and it's only worse at the cost of trillions?  Maybe you'd like to talk about how Social Security is doing?  There are tons of examples of government having no clue how to get the job done while burning billions and trillions.  Tell me what private company can get away with that order of wasteful magnitude?