Privatization: "the process of moving from a government-controlled system to a privately run for-profit system." - Healthcare, Social Security, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other essentials must NEVER be left to the kindness of Big Capitalism!
Capitalism, FTAs, Outsourcing, & HMOs: Which one of these Capitalist-inspired, privatization initiatives has helped you? If you are in bottom 95% of Americans re wealth, correct answer, "NONE!" Socialized Medicine - make them tell you WHY it's bad!
Prior to Katrina, over 5,000 families in New Orleans lived in public housing. Today, less than 1/4 of them have returned home. Black Mayor Nagin doesn't want public housing. TRACIE WASHINGTON: look out window, there's a Trump sign. He is coming.
On 2nd Anniversary of Katrina, horrendous difference between Recovery Assistance granted most of New Orleans & the Indifference, Ethnic Cleansing and Double Standard treatment (including the Red Cross) to the mostly Black Lower 9th Ward.
"Water, Water everywhere - but not a drop to drink". Stockton, CA, reverses Water Privatization. Salvadoran Terrorism over Water Privatization. Worldwide Capitalists sell us back our own PUBLIC WATER - CAPITALISM UNFETTERED! Air at ga$ $tation$!
Tabacco: Now America finds out just how "STRONG" a leader George W. Bush really is. We're not talking Iraq, Afghanistan or Grenada anymore - we're talking RED CHINA beating USA at its own CAPITALIST GAME! & All because of GOP GREED & PRIVATIZATION!
American Society of Civil Engineers "It would take nearly $190 billion to fix 70,000 structurally deficient bridges over next 2 decades". $23 billion surplus when Bush took office, Highway Trust Fund to go broke because Bush killed gas tax increase.
120,000+ private defense contractors currently deployed in Iraq; House panel investigating harshest criticisms of this war profiteering privatization into congressional record for first time. Jeremy Scahill testified: author of Blackwater book.
Jeremy Scahill "Blackwater is elite Praetorian Guard for 'global war on terror', with its own military base, 20 aircraft fleet, 20,000 private contractors, run by multimillionaire Christian conservative who bankrolls Bush, can overthrow governments."
Katrina Privatization: glimpse of a terrifying future in which only the wealthy are saved. Under Bush, government sectors (i.e. Homeland Security) turned into glorified temp agencies, with essential functions contracted out to private companies.
Amnesty, which Bush refuses to call Amnesty, is the price your President is willing to pay to Mexico’s President Fox for the real objective in this Shell Game: it’s not just Mexican immigrants that Bush wants here, folks - Guess what!
At 2.2 million, the US has the highest prison population in the world - and it’s only growing. Prison system has fallen victim to overcrowding; overzealous incarceration; abuse; unaccountability and inadequate health care - "the new asylums"
Welcome to Vieques (vee-A-kais) Snorkeling excellent; Beautiful but Deadly! Vieques has cancer, death. – U.S. military target practice with live ammo + radioactive depleted uranium resulting in a legacy of toxic pollution. People revolted!
Chomsky “Advertising’s purpose to deceive by imagery, ensure uninformed consumers will make irrational choices..Bush most inefficient healthcare system in world because it's privatized..What right does U.S. have to invade another country”
Grover Norquist means it, about shrinking government to where we can drown it in a bathtub. Their vision of an America owned and operated by the corporations. We have to stand & fight back. Private Corps build prisons, then look to fill them!
Occam's Razor: simplest theory that fits facts is one that should be selected..Tabacco Corollary: When something propitious happens to Bush administration, most devious and underhanded theory that fits facts is one that should be selected.