these workers are dependent on the size of government budgets, this is the one segment of the labor movement that can actually contribute directly to the people with ultimate responsibility for its livelihood. While their giving pattern matches that of other unions, public sector unions also concentrate contributions on members of Congress from both parties who sit on committees that deal with federal budgets and agencies. Infrastructure Infrastructure includes areas that support both the public's members and the public sector itself. Streets and highways are used both by those who work for the public sector and also by the citizenry. The former, who are public employees, are also part of the citizenry. Public roads, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids and telecommunication networks are among the public infrastructure. Criticism Right-libertarian and Austrian School economists have criticized the idea of public sector provision of goods and services as inherently inefficient. In 1961, Murray Rothbard wrote: "Any reduction of the public sector, any shift of activities from the public to the private sphere, is a net moral and economic gain." American libertarians and anarcho-capitalists have also argued that the system by which the public sector is funded, namely taxation, is itself coercive and unjust. However, even notable small-government proponents have pushed back on this point of view, citing the ultimate necessity of a public sector for provision of certain services, such as national defense, public works and utilities, and pollution controls. See also Civil service Government agency List of countries by public sector Nationalization Privatization Private sector Public ownership Public–private partnership Public sector business cases for projects Special-purpose district State-owned enterprise References Citations Sources Barlow, J. Roehrich, J.K. and Wright, S. (2010). "De facto privatisation or a renewed role for the EU? Paying for Europe's healthcare infrastructure in a recession." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 103:51–55. Lloyd G. Nigro, Decision Making in the Public Sector (1984), Marcel Dekker Inc. David G. Carnevale, Organizational Development in the Public Sector (2002), Westview Pr. Jan-Erik Lane, The Public Sector: Concepts, Models and Approaches (1995), Sage Pubns. A Primer on Public-Private Partnerships PFM blog: A primer on Public-Private Partnerships What is the Public Sector? Definition & Examples. (2016, June & July). Retrieved June 10, 2017, from What is the Public Sector? Definition & Examples Public economics Economic sectors Libertarian theory