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Should Canadian airports be privatized?
The federal government is mulling the privatization of Canadian airports. What are the true costs of a potential windfall?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/should-canadian-airports-be-privatized-9.7195813?cmp=rss

Shouting into the void 1d ago

#socialism #capitalism #firedepartment #corporations #Privatization #insurance

tultican 1d ago

Cashing in on Federal Vouchers - God's new gold mine has Christians lusting for cash. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/cashing-in-on-federal-vouchers?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #Privatization

Cashing in on Federal Vouchers

The federal voucher program birthed by the Big Beautiful Boondoggle Bill aims to spread a lot of money around, and folks are already getting ready to hoover up a share of the taxpayer-funded largesse.

Curmudgucation

tultican 2d ago

Peter Green: Colorado Governor Endorses Schools That Discriminate https://dianeravitch.net/2026/05/11/peter-green-colorado-governor-endorses-schools-that-discriminate/ via @dianeravitch #Privatization

Peter Green: Colorado Governor Endorses Schools That Discriminate

Peter Greene knows the dirty little secret about vouchers: schools choose, families don’t. Not only do private and religious schools choose their students, they are free to discriminate again…

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Fight Fascism #RESIST 3d ago

“Earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) admitted as a “dirty little secret” that Trump accounts are really part of the Republican Party’s larger long-term plan to privatize Social Security.”
#SocialSecurity #Privatization #USpol

readuncut 4d ago

England privatized water in 1989, Scotland kept theirs public. Since then, English companies paid £78B in dividends while accumulating £64B in debt, released sewage for 3.5M hours in 2023. Scotland charges less, leaks less, pollutes less, carries no debt. The efficiency argument was tested and failed comprehensively. https://readuncut.com/the-state-changed-clients-but-not-its-size/
#Privatization #PublicOwnership #Infrastructure #WaterUtilities

The State Changed Clients But Not Its Size | Read Uncut

With states having larger budgets than ever why does everything feel like it is falling apart? This article examines what has shifted and why.

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tultican 4d ago

CO: Polis Says Legal Discrimination Is Okee Dokee https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/co-polis-says-legal-discrimination?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #Privatization

CO: Polis Says Legal Discrimination Is Okee Dokee

What does it take to a nominally Democratic, openly gay governor to vote for taxpayer-funded discrimination?

Curmudgucation

LM Little 4d ago

"The #Alberta Friends of Medicare are advising Northerners to pay attention to a legal opinion pertaining to Alberta’s bills 11 and 29, which make private ownership of hospitals in that province possible and could see diagnostic services switch to a user-pay system." https://yellowknifer.com/2026/05/06/privatization-of-healthcare-in-alberta-would-affect-northerners-says-non-profit-coalition-executive/

#cdnpoli #abpoli #nwtpoli #healthCare #privatization

Privatization of healthcare in Alberta would affect Northerners, says non-profit coalition executive - Yellowknifer

Group expresses concern over potential for two-tier health system

Yellowknifer

tultican 5d ago

Education Privatization Propaganda Worsening https://tultican.com/2026/05/04/education-privatization-propaganda-worsening/ #Privatization

Education Privatization Propaganda Worsening

By Thomas Ultican 5/4/5026 ‘The 74’ was created by billionaires in 2015 to accelerate privatizing public education. Lately, they have been buying established media with excellent reputations. These…

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tultican 6d ago

Arne Duncan and Jorge Elorza are selling Trump’s new voucher program for their billionaire bosses. https://tultican.com/2026/05/04/education-privatization-propaganda-worsening/ #Privatization

Education Privatization Propaganda Worsening

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