Slovenia: Special rents are good for the state

Two Slovenian parties - Slovenian Peoples Party and Democratic Party of Retired Citizens - are trying to stop the privatisation of state owned Telekom telecommunications company and state owned Triglav insurance company. In a public statement the president of Slovenian Peoples Party Mr. Bojan Šrot declared that

"Telekom has a stable income and a modern technology. It has predominant market share. This enables its owners a special rent. There are no rational reasons for the government to give away this rent."

Unfortunately journalists failed to ask the politician why governments should enjoy special rents?