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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:40 PM Original message |
Indiana May Turn Over Welfare System To IBM Under $1.6 Billion Outsourcing Deal |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh goodie Indianaians "interfacing" with Big Blue |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. sure -- if you want your records processed in INDIA |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes......... |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. It's Hoosiers, not Indianaians. n/t |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep |
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evilgenius602 (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. in principle, I'm not opposed to this |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'm opposed to this in principle. |
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LeighAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yep. Down with Privatization |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Privatization is what I always suspected that the Bush administration was all about. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. I'm against it too. Would legally allow IBM to steal money from the people |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Not so in MN BUT the state reserves the right to determine cost. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Didn't IBM already do this for the Third Reich? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. That makes it Even More Disgusting. n/t |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Now there I agree totally. |
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Ellis Wyatt (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. This headline sounded like something you'd see in The Onion |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Welfare for profit? Jesus H. Christ! |
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Ellis Wyatt (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. not privatizing welfare |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Sounds like IN needs better managers in its IT dept who can hire decent programmers. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. OK, privatizing the welfare "infrastructure"--as happened in Texas. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Great find....Thanks...they are right us Texans didn't know shit about this! |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I call it BULLSHIT..Call a Spade a Spade...it's a legal why to steal |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes he is... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Hopefully someone will hit him with a lawsuit to delay the start. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. What kind of govt do we have if corporation provide for the |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. kind of like this quote? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. If corporations have total control over the programs replacing |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Privatization Again. |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Right! And how many of the applicants, many of whom are way |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. tax payers money being treated as an ever renewing gold mine for corporations. |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. How many will lose jobs here? |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. The 3000 jobs that are created over there... |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. First the turnpike, now the poor. What's next? |
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Stevious (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. um, what's the point here? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. On the other hand, the state won't upgrade its equipment just because |
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Stevious (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. is there something wrong with a business turning a profit? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. But will it really? |
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Stevious (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Let me guess |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yup. "our Business Conduct Guidelines"..... |
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Stevious (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. You don't have to guess. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Yeah...I'm sure Enron had "Business Conduct Guidelines" too. Fucking give me a break! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. Privatization of government services is nothing more than |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. So the focus will immediately change from serving needy people |
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Stevious (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. In a fixed price contract like this one |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. There will be savings alright - |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. 2 things: First, absolutely no outsourcing of any government |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. OH, I can see this going over real well. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. IBM just signed a contract w/ Texas also ( 27 state agencies.) |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. Corporations running the world? Who'd have thought it? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. Interesting Read: |
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