Thom Hartmann: In FL your park could secretly be replaced by a Chem Factory

[thomhartmann]

Neal Asbury, host-"Truth for America" joins Thom Hartmann. The State of Florida is up for sale! Yep...Republicans in Florida want to sell off their state to the highest bidder - and they don’t want you to know about it. The State Senate in Tallahassee is considering legislation that will allow lawmakers to privatize critical parts of the commons and outsource government duties to private corporations. That could include everything from selling off public parks to corporate chemical factories or handing over state prisons to corporations like the CCA, which lobbies for harsher drug penalties since they turn a profit off each person they incarcerate. And here’s the real kicker about the legislation - it allows the lawmakers to make these deals behind closed doors in complete secret. Deals wouldn’t be made public until the contracts are already signed - eliminating any chance of voters being able to weigh in or protest their community being sold. So while Private corporations are eating up our communities - Republicans are the ones spoon-feeding them. Let's take a look at the consequences of legislation like this one in Florida - and other similar bills being considered around the nation. Let's take a trip to Democracyville...

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[PDJane]

1. The minute that private enterprise gets involved,

The profit thing gets involved and things get twice as expensive. If the post office didn't have that nasty little poison pill to worry about, they would be making a profit and contributing it to the government.

The things that belong to We, the People, should not be sold to private enterprise; it merely means poorer service for more money.

As for jails, the people in private jails are treated worse, with poorer food and less of it, not enough health care, lousy accommodations and use of what amounts to torture. They make money, with which they lobby for stiffer sentences, which makes them more money.......it's a cycle of greed and abuse.

It's corrupt and vicious and stupid.