Things that should never have been privatized (& for profit)
1. Education
2. Prisons
3. Health care and mental healthcare
4. Essential utilities, especially water and electricity
5. Retirement
6. Emergency services (fire and rescue)
7. Safety (especially allowing companies to 'self regulate')
8. Military
Just remember, 99 times out of 100, once a company goes 'public', shareholders' profits become more important than ANYTHING.
@Darkphoenix These weren't actively privatized. They started out as private, voluntary endeavors, largely via donations to churches (always been a pipeline to power). Think monks hand lettering *all* the books, and about half of western hospital names starting with "Saint."
The ethical issue upstairs is whether people should be compelled by government power (guns, prison, fines) to provide all of that... which is effectively the flip of communism.
Not arguing for/against. History matters.
@cy @janisf
Personally, I think the feds need to start auditing so-called religious institutions, for 1st amendment violations (separation of church and state, & the establishment clause) and pulling the non-taxable status of the violators.
By getting involved in politics, they are trying to force the country to be 'Christian'. That is a BLATANT violation of the 1st clause of the 1st amendment. And it violates your's and everyone else's right to choose what YOU want to believe.
Religion does not belong in a democratic government, because they don't want everyone to be equal, only those who are one of them.
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