privatization and competition work. government control means total and complete failure and loss of freedoms. move to cuba.
On Dec 6, 8:06 am, charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No problem! We just privatize it---as Milton Friedman-based > economists in government have been trying to do. The Bush > Administration followers of the Chicago School economic cult tried > unsuccessfully to privatize social security, the postal system and > Medicare. Their idea of an ideal state is one in which the road > system, for example, is all private corporate built and owned . . . > and paid for by multiple toll booths. Already, they have privatized > prisons which can be made cost-efficient by mistreating prisoners. > > In-government followers of the cult---Ronald Rumsfeld and General > Brennon specifically---succeeded in mostly privatized the U.S. Army. > There are almost as many mercenary troops hired to guard as there are > government troops in combat in Iraq. Construction projects done in > the past by the Army are now hired out at high cost. All this makes > wars in which masses of people lose their life temptingly profitable--- > and hence desirable---to business. > > So, why stop there? Why not go all the way and even privatize the > Federal Park system? It could pay for itself by increasing entrance > fees and logging permits. We can even hire private firms to monitor > and regulate other privatized government services. To see that there > is no collusion between over-sighter and the over-sightee, we could > hire still others such companies to monitor, regulate and audit them. > Enron-like companies would fight for a contract to do that! > > If this does not seem like an improvement, much less an ideal, it is > nevertheless what it has done with Iraq. The intent was to set up a > bustling, modern state by taking government assets, and turning them > over to corporations. For example, the Western world's oil companies > now have Iraq's oil reserves and facilities through a complicated > series of America-imposed legal regulations and contractual > arrangements (N. Klein, The Shock Doctrine, Holt & Co, 2007) > > Do we want this for ourselves? Did we the people know about all this > and authorize it? Or did our corporate state do it on its own? > > It might not be the best way to bring “democracy” to the world. > > Charleshttp://atheistic-science.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
