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What areas of government should be privatized?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:37 pm
I’d love to see us shrink fed gov payroll a lot under Trump, but nobody seems to be clamoring for it...
USPS... let UPS/FedEx/Amazon to bid for it and take it over
TSA... airlines should take over these employees and maybe have a handful of federal oversight agents
FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
What other areas of the government should be privatized?
USPS... let UPS/FedEx/Amazon to bid for it and take it over
TSA... airlines should take over these employees and maybe have a handful of federal oversight agents
FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
What other areas of the government should be privatized?
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Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:40 pm to Lsujacket66
As in “pay for play”?
Already handled, Chief.
Already handled, Chief.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:42 pm to Lsujacket66
Apart from the military and court system, you’d have a tough time convincing me that everything shouldn’t be privatized.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:42 pm to Lsujacket66
quote:everything except tariffs, military and interstate commerce
What areas of government should be privatized?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:44 pm to Lsujacket66
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USPS... let UPS/FedEx/Amazon to bid for it and take it over
frick no. Theyre the only ones you bank on not stealing your packages. The mail stays for sure.
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TSA... airlines should take over these employees and maybe have a handful of federal oversight agents
Agreed.
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FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
No. Disaster relief requires tons of resources and an organized effort on a massive scale. Local nonprofits are not going to be able to cover this.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:45 pm to Lsujacket66
The USPS will not be privatized to those companies as its mandate is to deliver to every home no matter how remote. That means no profit...ever. The USPS is a true reason why the government exists because the private sector cannot do the same work and return a profit. Hell, all of the companies you mention outsource some of their work to the USPS.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:45 pm to Lsujacket66
Bureau Land Management
DMV
DMV
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:45 pm to Lsujacket66
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FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
No. What happens when FEMA response becomes overly dependent on local non-profits and a disaster like Harvey hits an area? I feel like those local non-profits would have a hard time responding if their employees are all dealing with destruction of their own homes and worried about getting their families to safety, along with the non-profit's facilities and resources possibly being damaged too.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:49 pm to Lsujacket66
The civil realm should only punish evil (violence, theft) in order to restore justice to the victim. Enforce contracts. Protect the border. Everything else it involves itself in is perversion of it's authority.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:58 pm to Lsujacket66
USA small business needs low cost all points.
If its capitalist, no ones delivering to villages in Alaska for 47 cents.
If its capitalist, no ones delivering to villages in Alaska for 47 cents.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 4:59 pm to Lsujacket66
VA Health Care - with benefits based on service.
Purple Heart with severe injury - Gold Card, go where ever you get the best treatment, send bill to Uncle Sam.
Emotional distress from getting called a fat-arse, three months in to waxing training heli's at Fort Rucker....well.
Purple Heart with severe injury - Gold Card, go where ever you get the best treatment, send bill to Uncle Sam.
Emotional distress from getting called a fat-arse, three months in to waxing training heli's at Fort Rucker....well.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 5:02 pm to Quaker
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Bureau Land Management
Yep, we need to turn all that public land back over to the Native Americans.
It is funny, in a sad way, they basically changed the name from Indian Management to Land Management once we had pretty much killed them all off and just took their land.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 5:23 pm to Ebbandflow
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FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
No. Disaster relief requires tons of resources and an organized effort on a massive scale. Local nonprofits are not going to be able to cover this.
I have personal experience here and I can assure you that the local non profits are vastly more effective within the communities, but of course you would need oversight and guidance from FEMA workers
Posted on 5/21/18 at 5:26 pm to Lsujacket66
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have personal experience here and I can assure you that the local non profits are vastly more effective within the communities, but of course you would need oversight and guidance from FEMA workers
Yeah. That makes sense.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 5:26 pm to Tiger Prawn
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FEMA... could cut half the staff if they partnered and provided funding with local nonprofits who are involved with disaster relief
No. What happens when FEMA response becomes overly dependent on local non-profits and a disaster like Harvey hits an area? I feel like those local non-profits would have a hard time responding if their employees are all dealing with destruction of their own homes and worried about getting their families to safety, along with the non-profit's facilities and resources possibly being damaged too.
realize that after Harvey non profits played a major role along with the national guard, not fema. Same with the floods in Louisiana. FEMA comes late and leaves early
Posted on 5/21/18 at 5:29 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Veterans admin is another for sure... I really don’t grasp the argument against this. I’d think it would be MUCH CHEAPER for us to foot the bill to a private doctor, rather than employing and having our own VA hospitals around the country
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:30 am to EKG
Just shrink the hell out of it. It's the size that is the problem not whether it uses direct hires or contractors.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:32 am to Lsujacket66
All of it. If that can't happen, then make the government itself the private property of an individual or cameralist corporation. But none of that will happen to the United States as it exists now.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:43 am to Lsujacket66
There are plenty of things that can be or already are privatized at the federal level.
However the vast majority of our spending is two things: defense and entitlements. Neither one lend themselves easily to privatization.
However the vast majority of our spending is two things: defense and entitlements. Neither one lend themselves easily to privatization.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:49 am to CelticDog
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USA small business needs low cost all points.
It's not 1940, why do we need to keep it at 47C
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