Reply #3: Naomi Klein says Walker's bill contains plans for corporate coup d'état at the municipal level. [View All]

[dixiegrrrrl]

"So it starts with the school boards, and then it's whole towns, whole cities, that could be subject to just being dissolved because there's an economic crisis breaking collective bargaining agreements. It also specifies that-
-this bill specifies that an emergency manager can be an individual or a firm. Or a firm.
So, the person who would be put in charge of this so-called failing town or municipality could actually be a corporation. "

"you do now have whole towns, like Sandy Springs in Georgia, run by private companies. It's very lucrative. Why not? You start with just the water contract or the electricity contract, but eventually, why not privatize the whole town?"

Important read: Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman discussing the little known parts of Walker's bill.

http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2011/03/legislating_corporate_rule_the.php#more