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Thread #112112   Message #2369319
Posted By: Capt. E
18-Jun-08 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Privitization of Government
Subject: RE: Privitization of Government
I don't think fascism is what is going on here. We are not talking about the supremacy of the state, but a redirection of government into the private sector for the purpose of eliminating public accountability. It's effective result is to line the pockets of those people who have the closest connections to those who run Federal or State Govt. One way to counter this is to simply reduce the size of government and thus reduce the money available. Then we get into the question of the true function of government.
What would you rather do, pay taxes etc that fund the construction and maintainance of a highway and drive on it at no cost or pay a toll to a private foreign owned company who was given that same public money to build it. Look at this lovely idea pushed by our governor here in Texas: http://transtexascorridor.blogspot.com/

The Trans Texas Corridor is a prime example of privitization.