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Amerika

ACTA, its agenda, and its secrecy all pre-dates Obama by a very long time.

reply to 45071419
As usual, entities that have *no* voting power are getting *all* of the representation. Hmmmm, maybe it is time to redefine corporations???

reply to Selenia
Saw this the other day in response to some glenn beck crap, but I liked it.

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity
generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department
of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to
see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be
like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my
breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking
the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug
Administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept
accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the
US Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads
built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation,
possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level
determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender
issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door I deposit
any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the
kids off at the public school.

Then, after spending another day not being maimed or killed at work
thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, I drive back to
my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state
and local building codes and the fire marshal's inspection, and which
has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police
department.

I then log onto the Internet which was developed by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on dslreports and
fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the
government can't do anything right.

*yawn*

The FCC? A joke.

NASA? Losing their funding.

US Postal Service? Going out of business.

OSHA? A respected department.

Police and fire departments? Budget issues. Funding problems. Lack of resources.

The Internet? Thanks to private companies for building it out and making it what it is.
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*Yawn*
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The FCC? A joke. Plenty of privatized companies that are jokes yet request government funds. Connected Nation springs right to mind as soon as I think of one. Could probably list thousands.

NASA? Losing their funding. Which has been the general theme since the space race ended. With the current state of health care maybe funding would best be spent in other areas closer to home for the time being?

US Postal Service? Going out of business. Is in need of reform, it has been running too long without changes to business practices, the same as many privatized businesses that failed and requests bailouts.

The Internet? Thanks to private companies for building it out and... Which also request government subsidize while also requesting huge incentives such as tax cuts and breaks, that the common working man pays for.

Police and fire departments? Budget issues. Funding problems. Lack of resources. Even privatized security companies have this problem. As for fire departments, many run a voluntary program. People who do not even get paid, but do it for the good of a community. One of the few programs I will defend no matter the cost, if you never lost a home to a fire, well then you can't possibly understand. I think you made the mistake of pointing out one of the most glaring examples of the good socialize can be. If the world worked more like a voluntary fire department, the world would be a much nicer place. Here is someone making no money, out of the goodness of their hearts running into a home or business on fire they have no connection to risking their lives to save, Yeah I would love to see you tell one of those men and women to their face how privatized business could run their department better. And when I think of privatized business running a fire department, I always think of Marcus Licinius Crassus. A firefighter on the list of the all time richest people in the world, hmmm wonder how that happens...

Major investment firms in the US? In need of government bailouts.

The entire privatized banking/lending system of the US? In need of government bailouts.

The entire auto industry in the US? In need of government bailouts.

The entire housing market in the US? Total collapse, in need of more government bailouts.

Privatize health insurance in the US? While the bottom line looks great for them, it is a industry that will collapse under it's own weight just as the lending/banking companies. In this area alone, three hospitals have closed their doors. For some reason I do not think it is a sign that less people are getting sick, or in need of health care.

Interesting how with one hand the very privatize businesses that fund groups that talk about how socialization is bad for America, while the other hand grabs at US tax payer money.

It is hard to say many big corporations in America at this point are not in some way associated with socialization, when their goal is to become too big to fail to insure the government will back their business, then it is hard to argue the point of privatized is more secure and without fail of it's own.

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reply to SLD
Nah, maybe just time to completely remove money from politics. Debates and commercials funded by taxpayer money, equal amounts for each candidate. Politicians completely forbidden from accepting gifts or donations from anyone. All that counts is one person, one vote.

I think that would go a long way towards restoring power to the people.
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reply to Selenia
Uh, hardly. It's the exact opposite of socialism. Well, I take that back. It's the application of Government intervention in the markets, which could be considered socialism, except it's going the wrong way: It's all for the Corporations and AGAINST the common folk, so it's against the ideals of socialism... but then again, that's what we've had for years. Actually, I think the best term to use would be fascism / corporatism, according to Mr. Mussolini himself! (See tagline!)
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

reply to Rogue Wolf
saddly never happen becouse the VERY PEOPLE you would oust would have to pass it

nothing will change short of revolution and it may very well come to that yet