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CrispyQ

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15. Privatizing the Commons.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 10:47 AM

May 2014

Taking what we all hold in common & letting a select few profit from it at the expense of the rest of us. "Private industry can do it better & cheaper," they told us & Americans fell for it, hook, line & sinker. Now they're about to take our Internet.

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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