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Rex

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Reply to Catherina (Reply #17)

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 09:53 PM

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Industries that should NOT be for profit. I'll start: [View all] JJChambers Mar 2014 OP

Schools. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1

Defense. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #2

Police. Fire Protection NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #3

Water n/t LeftofObama Mar 2014 #4

Postal Service...... rdharma Mar 2014 #5

Energy. grntuscarora Mar 2014 #6

Military sakabatou Mar 2014 #7

There is a name for "For Profit Military Formations' Wolf Frankula Mar 2014 #13

Scientific research. Nay Mar 2014 #8

Transportation depts. All utilities. truebluegreen Mar 2014 #9

Insurance... Historic NY Mar 2014 #10

public access tv unapatriciated Mar 2014 #11

Medications. Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #12

Moon bases Paulie Mar 2014 #14

Utilities and infrastructure. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #15

Banking, telecommunications, mining and other natural resource extraction. Scuba Mar 2014 #16

Banking n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #17

+1 Rex Mar 2014 #28

Backatcha with a good morning! Catherina Mar 2014 #37

Hope you are having a GREAT day! Rex Mar 2014 #42

Roads... Ron Obvious Mar 2014 #18

add education and energy to round out your list. dionysus Mar 2014 #19

I like this thread. longship Mar 2014 #20

The water supply. TransitJohn Mar 2014 #21

Thank you. This needs to be an issue. Matariki Mar 2014 #22

My few cents worth Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #23

Education and Pure Research RainDog Mar 2014 #24

great thread WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #25

Schools, universities, and the healthcare industry. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #26

The MIC, education, Congress. Rex Mar 2014 #27

The Internet. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #29

Yup /nt think Mar 2014 #31

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #35

Does that mean the government takes responsibility for the physical infrastructure? hack89 Mar 2014 #44

kr..nt MindMover Mar 2014 #30

Oil. Nt grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #32

SEX Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #33

Title should be "Nationalized" DiverDave Mar 2014 #34

Anything food supply related. n/t whopis01 Mar 2014 #36

What is the profit motive good for? el_bryanto Mar 2014 #38

What is the profit motive good for? Incentive to reach ever higher. To discover something new. randome Mar 2014 #39

In fairness it's also incentive to reach even lower el_bryanto Mar 2014 #40

Oh, I completely agree. randome Mar 2014 #41

Adoption me b zola Mar 2014 #43

College sports. randome Mar 2014 #45

Health Care. Education. LWolf Mar 2014 #46