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5. How can you save money by privatizing something, when you make a profit?

Reply to SoutherDem (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 11:27 AM

Oct 2013

Governments operate without the profit motive. To privatize whatever and make a profit, something has to be cut, to get that profit.
More things need to be Nationalized, like Health Care for instance. Or the Internet, Power generation and transmission.

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So the answer is privatize everything? [View all] SoutherDem Oct 2013 OP

That is the Libertarian answer, and the Cato Institute is a Libertarian organization. pnwmom Oct 2013 #1

If you are a taker, a parasitic capitalist pig, yes. n/t PowerToThePeople Oct 2013 #2

Oh - I Get It - If The National Parks & Museums Where Privatized ...... global1 Oct 2013 #3

This has been the meme since the early 90's. haikugal Oct 2013 #4

How can you save money by privatizing something, when you make a profit? RC Oct 2013 #5

If it works for healthcare...why not everything else? n/t leftstreet Oct 2013 #6