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aggiesal

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10. We are already seeing it here, with the service side of our military ...

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:53 AM

May 2014

When Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense, he privatized the part of the military that prepares and serves food. It use to cost around $3 per meal when the military did this themselves, but when Haliburton got their GOP (Greedy One Percent) hands on it, the cost per meal went up to $30 during Iraq War 2, and nobody batted an eye in congress.

When ever anyone mentions privatizing the postal service, I tell them to mail a letter to an address across the street from their home using FedEx or UPS, and let me know how much it will cost you. A stamp costs around 50 cents, while FedEx and UPS will charge you around $10.

We're such idiots to let this happen.

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Privatization Is the Problem, Not the Solution [View all] unhappycamper May 2014 OP

New Zealand puts this on display time after time. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2014 #2

We are already seeing it here, with the service side of our military ... aggiesal May 2014 #10

I am with you on all that. Enthusiast May 2014 #11

$5000, $7000, for standard SUV's? ... aggiesal May 2014 #12

Just wait until the results of privatizing education are in. Enthusiast May 2014 #13

And, with the propagandized pap chervilant May 2014 #18

Thirty dollars a meal, yet the repubs are pissed about SNAP. CrispyQ May 2014 #14

How destitute does the average American get before they stop voting republican? mdbl May 2014 #3

The Rethugs win with a repeat performance of the 4Gs kairos12 May 2014 #6

K&R.... daleanime May 2014 #4

Privatization only makes things disappear Cyrano May 2014 #5

When they claim that privatization is cheaper.. RoccoR5955 May 2014 #7

Most People Don't Understand the Importance of Articles Like This mckara May 2014 #8

Stephen Harper Thespian2 May 2014 #9

Privatizing the Commons. CrispyQ May 2014 #15

K&R Blue Owl May 2014 #16

We should stop calling it privatize ... aggiesal May 2014 #17