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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:20 PM Original message |
US road privatization may hurt states |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Geez, they're just now thinking that it's a fucking ridiculously stupid thing to do? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What was surprising is that this article was in Forbes |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just the words.... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. this is an absolutely horrible idea - |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Privatization was done with debt, for which we the taxpayer will be responsible |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why do we even HAVE a country when all our 'leaders' want to do is sell it off!? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I can't wait until they let Haliburton buy the "leasing" rights to the Great Lakes |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We SHOULD be on the brink of civil war when we hear these things. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think you're right. We've grown complacent. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. These people have lost their fucking minds. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Someone should have strangled that bi*** as she lay in her crib. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Privatization of public roads is a bad, bad ideas. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. TEXAS is still going through with the idea - Must be their water |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Rec this so others can see it. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe shareholders will whine when they have to replace broken axles 6 times per year? |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. wtf? tell me this is an april fools joke... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. If they're talking toll roads, |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Has privatization EVER helped make things cheaper??? |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. K&R - Privitization exposed for the scam it is for the trillionth time. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. what , the mighty zero is selling of our infrastructure, i'm shocked |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. TAX.... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Americans allowing politicians to sell what belongs to them |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is why Republicans squeeze the government until it's underfunded |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. In other news there is now a solid consensus that fire may be used to burn stuff. nt |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. No thanks to Mitch Daniels |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. My company used to build the toll roads handed over to these private entities . . . |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. Privatization is simply welfare for the robber barons. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why the hell would Chicago privatize parking meters? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Chicago has privatized just about everything its citizens owns |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Dear God.. Chicago needs radical reformations... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Which you could say |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. To me this is just like Blackwater and Halliburton |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. Let's see if I understand |
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