Kim Perales<p>"ICE dir envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings.’</p><p>Trump IMG officials tout expanding: Alien Enemies Act while courting prv contractors for mass removals. Homan told the MIL IND complex reps in the crowd: Trump admin is depending on the prv sector to implement its mass deportation agenda.</p><p>“We need to buy more beds -A/P flights -Let the badge & guns do the badge & gun stuff -contract out..."<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09</span><span class="invisible">/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/</span></a></p>
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Peter Riley<p><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/unions-labor-trump-oligarchy-fascism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inthesetimes.com/article/union</span><span class="invisible">s-labor-trump-oligarchy-fascism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightLikeHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightLikeHell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FUN</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labormovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> vs <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/detentioncamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detentioncamps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <br>Heather Cox Richardson War? Detention Camps Privatization of Camps 3/7/2025</p>
Dave Fenichel<p>Current administration priorities, to be nuanced, might not be intended *specifically* to kill a huge number of us and our families, but that is absolutely the consequence of MAGA. <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/dismantlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismantlement</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plunder</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/democide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democide</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/healthNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthNews</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicResourcesArePublicGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicResourcesArePublicGoods</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicGoods</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/theftOfPublicGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theftOfPublicGoods</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/theftOfPublicGoodsIsTheirPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theftOfPublicGoodsIsTheirPoint</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/114296278069005013" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/11</span><span class="invisible">4296278069005013</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> <br>To understand the T**** Admin, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, and everything they are doing, one need only realize:</p><p>THEY. ARE. TRYING. TO. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRIVATIZE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRIVATIZE</span></a>. EVERYTHING.<br>(<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>...)</p><p>And if it costs those corporations money (like increasing wages), they block it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItsAllAboutTheBenjamins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItsAllAboutTheBenjamins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Global wave of ‘Hands Off!’ protests signals international rejection of Trump’s agenda</p><p><a href="https://easternherald.com/2025/04/06/europe-trump-hands-off-protests-april-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">easternherald.com/2025/04/06/e</span><span class="invisible">urope-trump-hands-off-protests-april-2025/</span></a></p><p>In Berlin, Paris, London — A New Resistance Emerges The tremors of civil unrest that began on American soil have now reverberated across Europe…</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/GlobalAusterity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalAusterity</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/TargetingThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TargetingThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PublicAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Elon Musk’s Goal Isn’t Efficiency — It’s a Liquidation Sale</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/04/musk-doge-milei-privatization-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2025/04/musk-doge-</span><span class="invisible">milei-privatization-trump</span></a></p><p>The Department of Government Efficiency isn’t bumbling through an ill-advised reform effort. It’s deliberately sabotaging federal agencies to make way for privatization.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Looting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Looting</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plunder</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/StarveTheBeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarveTheBeast</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/LessEfficient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LessEfficient</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/MoreProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoreProfit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PublicPays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPays</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software co Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” -a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another for accessing <a href="https://toad.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> data. The agency is expected to partner with a 3rd party vendor to manage certain aspects of the data project.</p><p>Nightmarish: our private financial data will likely be the hands of Trump, Musk & their goons, incl <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-hackathon</span><span class="invisible">-irs-data-palantir/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“And there it is.</p><p>The last LIE that Trump was selling to his supporters was that trashing the US economy would somehow bring back manufacturing jobs to Americans.</p><p>The oligarchs don't want this though. Instead, they're having Trump tank stocks & other assets so they can buy the dip. They've been wanting a crash so they can strip-mine the economy & privatize everything, including schools, water plants, electricity, the military, policing.”<br>-M Sheffield<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>(continued from previous post on thread)</p><p>This topic is very apropos in the current market. We may be about to enter another recession, perhaps a depression. 401K's are down. So the claim that we could do better investing on our own is uncertain, but is again certainly going to test a lot of ordinary citizens, postponing their ability to retire. </p><p>And I emphasize that the choice f when to retire is not just a whim. Even ignoring age discrimination, age wears on a person, and some people do physical jobs (read: ACTUAL hard work, as opposed to metaphorically hard work done by rich executives) that leave them depleted. So delayed retirement is not just an inconvenience, it is in some cases torture and in some cases impossible.</p><p>But even as we are potentially entering a depression, the billionaires are salivating. They are looking forward to "buying low". They're treating this roller coaster as a buying opportunity. They plan to get rich on this depression. Even as others suffer and probably many die. They are gleeful.</p><p>This is the time when Social Security should be doubling down and assuring people it will increase benefits to cover rising costs (although it wouldn't be terrible if we just impeached the President who's causing those rising costs artificially with tariffs that really no sane business people think are a good idea). Because Social Security is again a contract with the population about what our priority is. And if we need more money, we should be bumping the tax on those gleeful about what a great buying opportunity this is.</p><p>They, the rich, would probably whine that this singles them out. That people are jealous. No one should stand for such rhetoric. The ones making the noise did not get their power by dealing honorably with us citizens. This is not jealousy speaking, it is a desire for justice. Be glad I'm not suggesting (as some are) that we just eat the rich and be done with it. Proper taxation of accumulated wealth (not just income) works for me. </p><p>No one needs that much money anyway. It's CLEAR from their observed behavior that one can only buy so many gold toilet seats before one starts to wonder what the point of excess riches is, and really it seems the only thing that one can find to spend such wealth on is buying governments. And then, apparently, running them badly and cruelly. No, I'm not going to feel sorry about suggesting taxation.</p><p>2/2 (probably the end)</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SafetyNets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNets</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/401K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>401K</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RetirementSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetirementSavings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiPoverty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dignity</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>I often hear people say that Social Security should be eliminated, that we'd do better with our own 401K's.</p><p>There are a lot of problems with that argument.</p><p>First, it turns us into gamblers. The argument is that people could invest their money better. Maybe. But they can also invest their money worse. So it's a very uneven policy. And that is ultimately cruel. That's just gambling, and experience shows that gamblers are often a lot more confident than is warranted.</p><p>The sociopaths among us often say, "Too bad. Individuals should take responsibility for their lack of saving. It's not my fault that some people don't plan." Those same people, though, are telling us that we should eliminate the minimum wage, that if the market doesn't want to pay someone enough to even live, why should it have to. So exactly where is the savings supposed to come from? On the one side, people work hard for hardly any money. On the other side, they're told their failure to save is a moral failing. Where is the discussion of moral failing in having more money than God and still being unwilling to help raise people out of poverty? That seems the biggest moral failing.</p><p>Moreover, a lot of what makes the difference in who succeeds or fails is one's parents. Dynastic fortunes. Better schools. Better connections. Sometimes even just better health or better clothing. The narrative is spun that the rich worked hard for their money, but in my experience, poor people work much harder for the scraps they are thrown than rich people ever do, and the notion of "meritocracy" is nonsense because the people who get ahead are just those who get to start ahead of the others. </p><p>But while on the topic of morality, let's also look at the structure of Social Security itself. People like to compare it to a 401K, but it's not like that. It's not a bank account. It's a very different beast.</p><p>As an example, you become suddenly unable to work, it kicks in right away, even if you didn't pay for a long time. That's very different than a bank account. If you live a long time, it continues to pay you. </p><p>There may be issues with cost of living adjustments, but the only reason we don't do those more often is that the aforementioned rich sociopaths insist it's better to give tax breaks to the wealthy. They'll tell you that Social Security is intended only to supplement your retirement, not to be the full amount, and yet they'll back penalties for trying to draw money out of Social Security if you're also getting other income. That's not really how supplements work, and it's a disincentive to additional work.</p><p>But my point is that the contract is not for a specific quantity of money. It is a social contract, that you pay into it while you're able and you are paid when you're not able. We could do better on the getting paid part, but the point is for it to keep you from falling into poverty, to add dignity.</p><p>It's worth noting that Social Security did not arise in a vacuum. While people COULD invest their money, a lot of people didn't, or else were losers in that gambling. Before Social Security, in the 1930s, the elderly poverty rate in the depression was something like 70%. So there is an objective way to understand what this did for the public. Some have called it the most successful anti-poverty program in the history of the US.</p><p>And if we were really worried that investing in the market were a better bet, we could arrange for the Social Security trust fund to do that. That's just an implementation detail and has nothing to do with the overall social promise. If DOGE wanted to do something HELPFUL, instead of aggressively dismantling all of the US government's ability to provide value to the public, they could analyze whether there are better ways to manage the funds.</p><p>But, ultimately, government is not a business and social security is not a profit & loss center, even if it's popular for some who don't like it to portray it that way. It mostly pays for itself, but from a moral point of view, its real purpose is to say that we as a society need to have a commitment to our sick and elderly, to assure they are taken care of, BEFORE we declare a profit. If we as a nation are able to give tax breaks to rich citizens only by cutting social programs, then the rich are preying on the poor. The health and welfare of all citizens is our first priority as a nation. We should not be preferencing the already-preferenced before we have attended to that.</p><p>1/2 (continued next post)</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SafetyNets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNets</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/401K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>401K</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RetirementSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetirementSavings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiPoverty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dignity</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>When Royal Mail was sold off, we were told it was to protect letter deliveries. Now Ofcom is consulting on cutting letter deliveries from 6 to 3 days a week. </p><p>When will they admit privatisation has failed? </p><p>Take 1 minute to send Ofcom a message: <a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/using-royal-mail-is-a-nightmare-and-ofcom-wants-to-make-it-worse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/using-r</span><span class="invisible">oyal-mail-is-a-nightmare-and-ofcom-wants-to-make-it-worse</span></a> 📝 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RoyalMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalMail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"RU doesn’t get hit with Trump <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> bc WH says US doesn’t trade with RU (bc of the war).</p><p>US-RU trade is presently ~$3B/yr.</p><p>Which doesn’t sound like much until you realize: US also just hit Lesotho with 50% tariffs…& their entire GDP is just >$2B."<br>-I Bremmer</p><p>Some journalists understand that Trump is aligned with Putin, but they fail to connect the dots. Trump is sabotaging the US to draw closer to RU for trade... & to DESTROY THE FED GOVT for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/economy/russia-us-tariffs-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/economy/russia-us-tariffs-trump.html</span></a></p>
aacur8<p>"Provincial policy and funding decisions are encouraging the movement of limited staff, including operating room nurses and anesthetists already in short supply, into the for-profit sector, which, keep in mind, only performs the lowest-complexity surgeries, does not provide emergency care and does not provide followup care,” </p><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/02/Bleeding-Money-Alberta-Private-Health-Shift/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/02/Ble</span><span class="invisible">eding-Money-Alberta-Private-Health-Shift/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lain.com/users/lain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bemrose.social/users/ryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ryan</span></a></span> reminds me of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcKUYbChE3A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>"What if we build public transport, but worse & for-profit?"</em></a></p><p>Video via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdamSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSomething</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/zoox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pods</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/robotaxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robotaxi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/robotaxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robotaxis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittufication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittufication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EliteProjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliteProjection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>Alberta.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime is systemically dismantling & destroying the fed govt, for privatization, to align with Russia…</p><p>At the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, at least 5 top leaders were put on leave: infectious-disease inst dir Marrazzo. She'd succeeded Fauci as dir of the Nat Inst of Allergy & Infectious Diseases -helped lead the nation’s response to the COVID pandemic & that later became a target of Rs... <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>: proposes to reassign them to AS, MT...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/01/hhs-senior-leaders-put-on-leave-nih/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/health/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/01/hhs-senior-leaders-put-on-leave-nih/</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Jeremy Corbyn rails against greedy water companies</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQ5Yf9u9s4&t=13s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rNQ5Yf9u9s</span><span class="invisible">4&t=13s</span></a></p><p>A private members bill contesting ownership of water companies is making it's way through Parliament. <br>Just this week, it was reported water companies are still dumping record litres of sewage into Britain's waterways.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/JeremyCorbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyCorbyn</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Decay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decay</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Looting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Looting</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ScaleOfTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScaleOfTheProblem</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/GovernmentCollusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentCollusion</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UnfairPoliticalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfairPoliticalSystem</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PeoplesForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesForum</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Privatization costs more, is less efficient, has worse outcomes, and people get less.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has never been about finding fraud and waste. Its goal is to privatize essential government functions and give contracts to Trump and Elon’s circle of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a>.”<br>-M D’Arrigo </p><p>If the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime succeeds in their goal of privatizing most of the fed govt, it’ll exacerbate health inequalities & destroy<br>the social safety net.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants businesses to run <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services ‘as much as possible’<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s effort is pushing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> — a longtime goal for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> & for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> alike — across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> delivery. Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> grants. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is moving to privatize a sweeping number of govt functions & assets….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichGetRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichGetRicher</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/</span></a></p>
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