At a time when We The People have been vociferously and unequivocally demanding that our political aspirants offer Big Ideas on America's Big Issues (good jobs, health care for all, the wars, Wall Street greed, our collapsing infrastructure, big-money corruption of government, etcetera), the presidential campaign has taken a dive into the politics of lipstick and other smears./p>
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The piratization of America
The "piratizers" (as the privatizing lobby has come
to be called) are out not merely to grab roads,
bridges, and other pieces of the public
infrastructure, but also to put corporations in
charge of practically all government services. What
we have here is essentially an effort to displace
government— removing the public from control of basic
aspects of our lives. Among the targets that already
are experiencing corporate takeovers:
■ Public schools
■ Hospitals
■ Postal service
■ Pensions
■ Parks
■ Police
■ Military forces
■ Welfare services
■ Child support enforcement
■ Tax collection
■ Courts/juries
■ Environmental protection