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And fire fighters, and fire trucks, and water, and...

Know what? Let’s just do away with private equity. If you have the money to buy a company, you have the money to start a company. And if you can’t? Having money isn’t a skill, so go find one.

Agreed. Way too many people equate having money with having demonstrated some sort of skill, which is manifestly false.

Electricity needs to be public.

Where I live, it is! And the grid is pretty stable under the extreme stress of the summer or the intense storms of winter, and they rapidly respond to the needs of the people within the county. Also also, they have programs that credit owners for upgrading to energy efficient appliances.

Where is that?

Sacramento County

Ours is a co-op. We've been pleased with their communication and quick service after an outage, which is common in rural Alabama. (Lots of trees.) But prices have gone up sharply in the last few months. Similar usage costs 25% more.

The current regime intends for most of our government functions to be privatized. It’s brutal watching our institutions be hollowed out and gifted to oligarchs to monetize for their own profits.

archive.ph/6Cr9M They'll go to the private sector and we'll just hire them back when we need them. April 9, 2025 - The Trump administration warns about efforts by Chinese intelligence to target current and former U.S. federal employees for recruitment. Don't poach my discards, yelled Trump.

It’s gut wrenching to anyone who is watching and understands the implications But I still see MAGA around here cucking for billionaires

That's because anytime calls for any kind of leg up for real people they pull the socialism boogeyman. The happiest and healthiest nations on earth are social democracies. But the oligarchs hate those.

That's because the one thing that all socialist democracies dont have is billionaires. None of them.

And prisons.