2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans are working towards a completely PRIVATIZED country
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
(10,602 posts)go so far.
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)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
(28,627 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Had to edit.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)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
(7,010 posts)the crazies all over the country.
amendnow
(1 post)Here's why:
Enjoy!
hlthe2b
(102,358 posts)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
(28,627 posts)everyone is too busy think about what is happening - on the surface they don't care but when the rot sets in ......serfdom.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)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
(67,441 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)We don't need to be like Republicans
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)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
(3,003 posts)Doing so will help get Democrats elected across the country in 2014 and beyond.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I do that any way.
Socal31
(2,484 posts)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
(108,994 posts)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
(3,003 posts)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
(14,255 posts)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
(108,994 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)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
(28,627 posts)they make you pay for EVERYTHING
It's a wonder they don't charge for air!
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)apnu
(8,758 posts)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
(60,344 posts)You are so spot on in that observation. They see a service and think of some cronies getting rich.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)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
(22,651 posts)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.