I've worked in both public and private. I had a lot more take...

I've worked in both public and private.
I had a lot more take home work in public and I got paid a lot more in private for doing less.

Your world would stop if we didn't have a public service!
In modern developed countries, the term "public services" (or "services of general interest") often includes:

• Electricity
• Education, [e.g. state (public) schools, public universities, etc...]
• Emergency services, (e.g. Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, etc...)
• Environmental protection
• Health care
• Military
• Postal service
• Public bank
• Public broadcasting
• Public library
• Public security
• Public transportation
• Social services, (e.g. public housing, social welfare, food subsidies, etc...)
• Telecommunications
• Urban planning
• Transportation infrastructure
• Waste management, (e.g. wastewater, solid waste, recycling, etc...)
• Water supply network