 neowulf
join:2000-10-20
Port Orange, FL | reply to Rob
Re: Amerika *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. |
