re: #548 GeneJockey

I have never understood the worship of the Private Sector as the perfect provider of whatever is needed. In the Private Sector, the ‘providers’ are there to make money. Period. “Providing” is simply a means to that end, and the company which “provides” least for the greatest amount of money is the winner.

U.S. TO SELL OFF UNDERPERFORMING STATES

“The American people said in the last election they want us to cut costs and focus on needs,” Obama explained. “Looking at the list, it’s hard to argue we need these. The Dakotas? Mississippi? West Virginia? It’s a no-brainer. By which I do not mean West Virginia specifically.”