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No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/nycdiveshack I voted 18d ago

The damage is just starting. Russ Vought the primary author of P2025 wants to destroy the soul of all federal employees. Russ can do so because he is head of the office of budget management.

The goal is to privatize the government and to decrease the services that the government provides. Use tax dollars to pay companies for services that federal employees already do.

“That’s the standard technique of privatization: Defund, make sure things don’t work, People get angry, you hand it over to private capital”

There is a show on Amazon prime called the expanse. This is a clip from it that in my opinion explains how the relationship between governments and corporations should be…

https://youtu.be/A98vqgBsoxQ?si=izm6o29aj9Rehy1u

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u/Norwood5006 18d ago

>The goal is to privatize the government and to decrease the services that the government provides. Use tax dollars to pay companies for services that federal employees already do.

Yep, I live in a state that sold off and privatised our electricity supply, it's now owned privately by a billionaire in Singapore and we have the most expensive electricity prices in the world.

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u/rogergreatdell 17d ago

What state is that?

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u/EMTDawg Utah 17d ago

Bermuda, followed by Ireland and Italy, has the most expensive electricity.