Republicans are working towards a completely PRIVATIZED country

[Rosa Luxemburg]

What people don't realize is that ALL services will be provided by companies under a Republican regime. The local library will be owned by a company where you will pay large fees for borrowing books. People will pay for each site they visit on the internet as well as as the monthly charges to the provider and to the backbones services. Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security will be gone. In the Republicans' eyes there is no need for local government government. Private companies will collect taxes and fees, process permits etc. They will use federal and state government to push their own agenda to control the people even more. If you discuss this with people they say it will never happen but Republicans are good at doping the public especially if they get control of the House, Senate and presidency.

The 2014 elections are extremely important. What will you differently in 2014 to make a difference?

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. U Are 100% Right. I Saw That The Day Reagan Took Office. I Never Thought I Would See Privatization

go so far.

[liberal N proud]

2. If there is a buck to be made for the rich at the expense of the government, the GOP is there

This is part of their plan and reason for killing the government. The GOP idea: Why offer a government service when someone can get richer doing the same thing.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. yet voters don't see this

[liberal N proud]

11. That has puzzled me for years

[Wounded Bear]

13. You mean......voters don't see this yet...

Had to edit.

[JRLeft]

14. The scary part of this is some dems want the same.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. This is what the GOP thinks we want

kind of amusing they obviously don't think we are like them?
http://cagop.org/inner.asp?z=585A (I don't usually post this type of site but..)

[JRLeft]

16. The California repuke party will continue to remain on life support, because they are similar to

the crazies all over the country.

[amendnow]

3. ... and Dems are moving in the same direction, offset by a few years.

Here's why:

Enjoy!

[hlthe2b]

4. I fear that some will see the bad corporatist apples in our own party as an excuse not to vote.

I'm surely seeing that reflected on DU lately.... And beyond DU is the cosmos of apathy within the general population....

I really fear for the future generations who will likely become a new serfdom.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. The apathy

everyone is too busy think about what is happening - on the surface they don't care but when the rot sets in ......serfdom.

[Eleanors38]

6. I basically agree, and suggest they seek a global mercantile system

whereby national sovereignty is expressed only through a combination of police and military forces anywhere they deem necessary.

How they so desire a monopoly on everything, most esp. on violence.

[msongs]

7. and democrats are going along with wholeheartedly nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. They will as long as Republicans are there

We don't need to be like Republicans

[blkmusclmachine]

10. And the "Democrats" are doing their damdest, too. Just ask BHO.

1 Party, 2 Faces

[Xyzse]

12. Sadly, there is not much I can do for 2014 to make a difference

I live in MD and vote for the Democratic candidates.

Other than offering to help out on speaking out against Obama's plan to phase out Fannie and Freddie through more privatization, I am not sure what else to do.

[BlueDemKev]

17. Donate $ to the DSCC and DCCC

Doing so will help get Democrats elected across the country in 2014 and beyond.

[Xyzse]

19. I mean, other than that.

I do that any way.

[Socal31]

18. Unfortunately it isn't just Republicans.

I live in a solid true Blue state, and I am forced to purchase auto insurance from a private company.

As of next year I will be forced to buy health insurance from a private company.


I am with you...2014 and 2016. Who will stop this trend and put UHC on the table?

[pnwmom]

21. Do you think you should be allowed not to buy auto insurance?

Are they any states that offer policies themselves?

I was hit by an uninsured driver, and I'm glad that it's required now.

[BlueDemKev]

24. Exactly.

It's a shame that so many people don't realize the importance of required insurance coverage until they end up paying for the mistake(s) of an uninsured individual.

[djean111]

28. So if you cause an accident, that is just tough shit for the other driver?

Here is the difference between health insurance and auto insurance - you can always choose not to drive. You cannot choose to never get sick, to never get injured, to never get old. When you don't buy auto insurance, you affect other individuals.
The comparison between auto and health insurance is bogus.
And the reason it is bogus is the exact reason we should have single payer. In the long run, everyone will need health care.
I hate being forced to buy health insurance from a private company, too, don't get me wrong - but comparing it to having to buy auto insurance just clouds the issue.
Come to think about it, maybe national auto insurance is not a bad idea - get rid of the rip-offs that affect the poor, charging more for bad credit scores and such.

[pnwmom]

20. That's the Libertarian economic dream and it's shared by most Rethugs now, too. n/t

[Kablooie]

22. What fun paying a toll each time you back out into the privately owned street.

And you'll pay a fee each time you take your dog for a walk in the park.

If you fire service bill isn't paid up you will have to watch your house burn to the ground.
Same with the police.
Call 911 and they'll have to check your payment record before they send a cop out to catch the guy breaking into your house.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. That's what the Republicans have in mind

they make you pay for EVERYTHING

It's a wonder they don't charge for air!

[liberal N proud]

27. Once they figure out how, they will.

[apnu]

25. Conservatives in America have always wanted this.

It goes back to the earliest days of this country. Reagan is just the most recent occurrence of the same old garbage.

[liberal N proud]

26. Hammer meets nail

You are so spot on in that observation. They see a service and think of some cronies getting rich.

[ladjf]

29. The fascist wet dream. nt

[avebury]

30. What too many people just do not get is that

private companies do not exist to provide goods and services out of the goodness of their hearts. They exist to make money. It is only a matter of time before people realize what they have only hurt themselves in their wallet.

I see what is going on in Oklahoma and it does not look pretty in the long run.

[Sunlei]

31. wish I owned the 'private for profit' that sells the daily $10.00 cupcakes to Congress for snacktime

The problem is not 'small businesses' who get a gov contract. The problem is the contracts aren't bid on properly and the Federal AND State Govs- accept a rip-off 'profit' like the $10 dollar cupcake.

A lot is because of 'buddie deals', no-bid contracts, some contractors(Haliburton cheney empires) are to large and push out REAL small businesses from contracts.

Downright corruption and fraud- by the large contractors,(corruption the O admin has uncovered)...costs taxpayers billions more.

I don't know what the solution could be to have local, small, family run businesses become the backbone of America again.