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In reply to the discussion: Some things that should NEVER be "PRIVATIZED" in a Democracy: [View all]William769
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If education should never be privatized, all the way through a graduate degree........
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#1
Private schools can't substitute for public education. Private schools are just a drop in the
duffyduff
Feb 2013
#6
I don't think students attending private schools should be eligible for Pell Grants.
tarheelsunc
Feb 2013
#50
If no method of communication can ever be privatized, how do new technologies ever happen,
dkf
Feb 2013
#4
when we stop electing politicians that want to drown it in a bathtub, it will.
corkhead
Feb 2013
#56
DARPA originated the concept and demoed it. Industry and academia took it from there
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#116
All of the Open Source software is privately owned and licensed for public use
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#115
The Internet is collection of private networks cooperatively agreeing to share data
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#114
2 words: British Rail. Enough bloody said. IMNSHO privatisation is good for lining up pockets of the
idwiyo
Feb 2013
#97
I never knew how big the difference between the parties was until the newt wanted to privitize...
rwsanders
Feb 2013
#11
Your comical attempt to apply market forces to the national parks is ridiculous and inverts the
rwsanders
Feb 2013
#133
Health Care, not insurance. We would do well to eliminate the entire insurance
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#13
I didn't want to get too far OT. Shared risk is essential, letting a few profit from
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#19
I'm not so sure I want the government to own the means of delivering actual Health "Care",
bvar22
Feb 2013
#20
You're talking about single payer which I'm fairly certain we agree on.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#99
Amen!!! (please see my post, #38). If only the American people knew the truth. It breaks my heart to
StevieM
Feb 2013
#73
Utah has allowed people at certain "state approved" adoption agencies to kidnap babies and
truedelphi
Feb 2013
#135
Don't forget the parking meters because if you do then you may not be able to afford to park!
lunasun
Feb 2013
#66
I could perhaps nitpick some tiny details, but for the most part: + about a million!
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#67