Things that should never have been privatized (& for profit)
1. Education
2. Prisons
3. Health care and mental healthcare
4. Essential utilities, especially water and electricity
5. Retirement
6. Emergency services (fire and rescue)
7. Safety (especially allowing companies to 'self regulate')
8. Military

Just remember, 99 times out of 100, once a company goes 'public', shareholders' profits become more important than ANYTHING.

@Darkphoenix

Case in point, England and Wales. The water/sewage was privatised some years ago. Just before the recent General Election (that saw the CONservatives wiped out ;) they had raw sewage being poured into the rivers and it was even turning up on the beaches.