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Infrastructure? With what money? (Original Post) SHRED Dec 2017 OP
Privatization. Another windfall for the 1% dalton99a Dec 2017 #1
Tolls and fees coming SHRED Dec 2017 #2
Selling off public infrastructure to the highest bidder. procon Dec 2017 #3
If that wave comes I'm outta here SHRED Dec 2017 #4
User fees or taxes on the commons? Eyeball_Kid Dec 2017 #5
Lets hope duforsure Dec 2017 #6
This is the year he sells America off to the highest bidder. Vinca Dec 2017 #7
 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
2. Tolls and fees coming
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 03:12 AM
Dec 2017

Taxes the same or more now add on to that tolls and fees.

They will bleed us dry.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Selling off public infrastructure to the highest bidder.
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 03:13 AM
Dec 2017

We already have expensive private prisons, electric service, and for profit private healthcare and schools, what's next? Private police, armies, private fire brigades, all wanting the taxpayers and consumers to hand over their money to the oligarchs in exchange for toll roads, bridges, higher fees for water and sewage.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,431 posts)
5. User fees or taxes on the commons?
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 03:47 AM
Dec 2017

Taxes spread the cost of infrastructure and services to everyone. Taxes administer the infrastructure and services through a relatively efficient bureaucracy that's non-profit. User fees through privatization are specific and will always cost more because the profit-generating overhead is so high.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
6. Lets hope
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 07:16 AM
Dec 2017

Democrats don't fall into that trap where he'll bait and switch them again,or they pass something only to find out he's undermining what they passed with privatizing things , or self dealing for himself, or selling contracts for payoffs. They shouldn't do anything with him and this corrupt bunch of GOP, because they can't be trusted on anything after what all they've done, and tried to do to us. This guy and those in the gop are just too corrupt to risk it. Just like they obstructed President Obama from doing this, so why give in to them now? If they give in, these people will do this again when Democrats are in the White House , again, knowing they can get what they want. they should say pass DACA for all making them legal, or they won't even talk about it. Then make them reinstate the ACA mandate allowing costs to go down, and reverse Marco Rubio's provision he stuck into the omnibus bill making the premiums skyrocket up in Sept. right before the 2016 elections again saving people a lot of money by reducing their premium costs downward instead of trying to make them higher for the American people. They should use this for 2018 elections,and let the people decide, you want affordable premiums, or continued skyrocketing costs , or your ACA taken away? This could also save rural health care systems which could easily shut down their centers and hospitals completely, and loss of many jobs for them. Trump will claim with false number of jobs that'll be created, like he's done on everything he's promoted, then they'll get someone who'll get labor for pennies on the dollar like he's done building his tower, and funnel the rest to himself through his PACS in the form of political contributions, again skirting the law. trump will find a way to corrupt the process, crooks like him are experts at that.

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