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Segami

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14. Here is today's meeting with Jeb and Romney.

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:35 PM

Oct 2012

Now, I wonder what they talked about today......

CNN header:

Jeb Bush at Romney event: State and local response really matter....

The Axis Of Schemers are here together scheming on how to get their 'mitts' (lol) on the tax payer's purse by pushing forward their plan to privatize Emergency Disaster Response Services.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/31/jeb-bush-at-romney-event-state-and-local-response-really-matter/comment-page-2/

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The REAL Reason Why Republicans Want To ABOLISH FEMA: So They Can PROFIT From Natural Disasters [View all] Segami Oct 2012 OP

Ah disaster capitalism! muntrv Oct 2012 #1

Another reason they wont address climate Laurajr Oct 2012 #5

Here is today's meeting with Jeb and Romney. Segami Oct 2012 #14

gen. disc. kardonb Nov 2012 #61

ding ding ding! NoMoreWarNow Nov 2012 #74

I recommend The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein central scrutinizer Oct 2012 #13

Iraq was disaster capitalism. alfredo Oct 2012 #51

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Kurovski Nov 2012 #63

Unfuckinbelievable! brush Oct 2012 #43

If the stock market crashes then the private FEMAs would vanish Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #2

romney said the best scenario would be handing it over to the private sector spanone Oct 2012 #3

Correction....that's Vulture capitalists..... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #12

Oh this makes perfect sense! Laurajr Oct 2012 #4

Absolutely! And the worse the climate gets, the more they'll make. Avalux Oct 2012 #6

Yep. They think they are insulated from the shitstorm. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #73

BINGO! Disaster Capitalism. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #7

Pain Profiteering; like our health care system ErikJ Oct 2012 #8

Thats correct. Its no different. And they don't care except for the bottom line. Segami Oct 2012 #16

sounds a lot like Halliburton dwilso40641 Oct 2012 #9

EXACTLY! Halliburton. That was a total rip-off of Americans' money. Never, EVER should have happened ailsagirl Oct 2012 #49

Of course. Just like they are profiting from education at all levels, health care, banking geckosfeet Oct 2012 #10

That's almost as scary as the disaster itself. It would cost us MORE, wouldn't it? Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #11

we'd pay their fees AND TAXES BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #59

Same reason why the GOP starts wars. A few people make a lot of money off of the corpses of Politicub Oct 2012 #15

Bingo! hifiguy Oct 2012 #17

Bush's FEMA subcontracted work to cronies after Katrina & it was a clusterfuck catbyte Oct 2012 #18

+1 freshwest Oct 2012 #56

Shock Doctrine. They take advantage of people who are traumatized sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #19

How the hell could any private disaster company afford to handle something like Sandy? Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #20

First, they would only help paying customers. Second, when it really hits the fan, tclambert Oct 2012 #26

And then the government will have to step in and pick up the pieces lolly Oct 2012 #52

The government would still be paying for it dansolo Nov 2012 #70

K&R Arctic Dave Oct 2012 #21

There is no money to be saved by privatization. Ilsa Oct 2012 #22

And what would the scenario be Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #23

"To all you family members in other states--Won't you pay to rescue your loved ones?" tclambert Oct 2012 #30

actually it will be more like this. airplaneman Oct 2012 #35

Do you think lyingsackofmitt Oct 2012 #24

Vulnerable people are an opportunity. reusrename Oct 2012 #25

Never ask why in this life until you have followed the money and still don't have an answer TheKentuckian Oct 2012 #27

Privatize profits and socialize costs. ananda Oct 2012 #28

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #32

+2 nt Live and Learn Oct 2012 #39

That's exactly what I thought when I first read they wanted to defund FEMA, privatizing for polly7 Oct 2012 #29

Just to be extra cynical ThoughtCriminal Oct 2012 #31

Abolishing FEMA and privatizing disaster help may be the most horrific kind of privatization for the We People Oct 2012 #45

A closer analogy would be prison privatization lolly Oct 2012 #54

That's all it has ever been about for them... Brooklyn Dame Oct 2012 #33

Nothing new here. They want to privatize every aspect of our lives to make a PROFIT! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2012 #34

What's to prevent them from creating a disaster and then profiting from it? mile18blister Oct 2012 #36

The war on drugs..... Segami Oct 2012 #37

+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2012 #42

As I mentioned on a previous thread, HeiressofBickworth Oct 2012 #38

Thank you for sharing! Its an eye-opener! Segami Oct 2012 #47

Check out HR 6346 Delmette Oct 2012 #40

The government cannot discriminate! SCVDem Oct 2012 #41

Well *yeah* OnyxCollie Oct 2012 #44

Well, du'uh KauaiK Oct 2012 #46

This makes no sense npk Oct 2012 #48

Of course. Marymarg Oct 2012 #50

Disaster profiteers (NT) The Wizard Oct 2012 #53

Hey, Grandpa's cancer doesn't have that high a profit margin...nt cbrer Oct 2012 #55

K&R speaking of which...check out the privatization of prisons and halfway houses in NJ, eom amborin Nov 2012 #57

No shit, everytime............ mrmpa Nov 2012 #58

Privatizing. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #60

Beneath contempt. caseymoz Nov 2012 #62

Well, duh. ArcticFox Nov 2012 #64

Check out this Romney quote from today... SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #65

So everything can be done on the cheap and nickeled and dimed. Michigan Alum Nov 2012 #66

Yep. And choose the folks to help. And control people, repress people, grab power, divide us upi402 Nov 2012 #67

How do we make them understand that it doesn't work?? politicat Nov 2012 #68

Thanks to the climate change (that they deny) it's a GROWING MARKET. Care Acutely Nov 2012 #69

They don't care. These are greed driven corporatists that want to put everything up for sale. Segami Nov 2012 #71

Two years of Rick Scott had me forgetting about how bad a governor Jeb Bush also was. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #72

Everyone should watch this excellent video that Will Pitt posted: CrispyQ Nov 2012 #75

You have got to be fucking kidding me. wakemewhenitsover Nov 2012 #76

It is as bad as profiting from people's illness.... Swede Atlanta Nov 2012 #77