It is absolutely NO mistake about it…I think the idea of privatization is and was a colossus brain fart.
In case anyone doubts my words of condemnation of the idea of privatization…..
https://lobotero.com/2016/06/22/the-history-of-privatization/
https://lobotero.com/2019/06/17/privatization-sucks/
Now that I have filled in a few blanks…..a little personal history…..
in 2005 after Katrina I fell off a ladder a broke my right leg in 4 places—two surgeries and 13 screws and I had my leg back….not mas good as it was but I could walk with a limp…..I was prescribed 2 opioids to help with the pain…morphine and oxycodone…..so I have an interest in the whole opioid abuse thingy that the president and the country is so involved in these days.
Let me say here….Blame Privatization!
The opioid abuse epidemic is one of the worst public-health crises in American history. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 1999 and 2017, almost 400,000 people died in the U.S. from an overdose of either prescription or illicit opioids. In 2017 alone, opioids, more than one-third involving prescriptions, killed more than 47,000 individuals. And today, on average 130 people die each day from opioid overdoses.
The root cause of most cases of opioid addiction, particularly prescription-initiated addiction, is pain, a devastating but sometimes overlooked symptom. As a recent American Industrial Hygiene Association paper argues, “the opioid crisis should be seen primarily as a pain crisis, much of which is related to work.” Addressing that crisis precipitated another: treatment regimes that relied heavily on opioids. Today there’s little awareness that almost two decades ago, conservative members of Congress, in a burst of anti-regulatory zeal, championed the fight to eliminate the very ergonomics standard that was designed to reduce the high incidence of a number of common workplace injuries.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/01/how-deregulation-led-opioid-epidemic
Let us be honest!
Privatization and deregulation has caused more problems than it has cured…….and yet the GOP and some Dems keep pushing the for more of both
Learn Stuff!
“Lego Ergo Scribo”
Private = Profit. Once you know that, there can be no surprises.
Best wishes, Pete.
Exactly! chuq
The whole system you are speaking about thrives on the profit motive … and in an era when all the laws against usury have been defeated, you are talking about egregious expenses for consumers and even more egregious demands by service providers …. but in a more socialized environment, the quality of service degenerates and medical research grinds to a limping farce of itself and new medicines are long in coming and less effective … and possibly more dangerous … so I think the whole mess is a catch 22.
Oh yes let’s pretend the socialism still exists…..chuq
Let us not pretend that it doesn’t.
Get it right, John. Socialism is a form of government. Does the U.S. have socialist or “social” programs? To be sure. You’re sucking on one right now taking Social Security… and Medicare… and Medicaid… and VA benefits. This alarmist fear-mongering garbage about the Left wanting socialism doesn’t even make sense. That would require a complete overhaul of the Constitution. Do some of them favor social programs? For sure. Should we all be afraid of Bernie preferring broader social programs? None of these candidates can do a damn thing should one actually make it to the White House… unless both sides of Congress are on the same side… and if that happens it means Conservative ideals must not be overly popular with the electorate… and the will of the people is not conservatism. But I’d not worry. Trump remains the clear and present danger…. not the House, not the Senate.
The Left has already shit canned the constitution with their impeachment crap — so I guess we are on our way. The lower courts are doing the same thing every chance they can get too. Both houses of Congress are so impotent now and divided, they will never agree on anything ever again … unless there is some big, all-consuming crisis … this country is ripe for a take over … and I believe it is going to begin with apathy and ignorance right here at home.
The Constitution…the catch all of all BS chuq
Oh, John. Impeachment is part of the Constitution and the House applied it according to the rules. The aberration of defiance is Trump making a blanket rejection to all House subpoenas in order to obstruct the process. Personally I would like all of Congress to enforce witnesses refusing subpoenas.
The entire proceeding was based on hearsay and circumstance and not a single shred of documentation other than what somebody either “Heard” or “Heard” somebody else say. It was a sham from the beginning — a kangaroo court. Now they are trying to exert House influence over the Senate trial by holding up transmittal of the articles. It is so transparently crooked and so blatantly against the rules of decency and decorum as to be laughable.
John….by those standards every criminal in prison was convicted with hearsay…..there is documentation just not wanted to be accepted….chuq
Documentation unseen and unpresented is no documentation at all.
There was plenty of documentation just you and yours do not want to believe it……I have given all the links to the testimonies and documentation….so you will never believe it if it does not conform so I think we have gone as far as we can with this line….chuq
You are probably right … as always …
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“..against the rules of decency and decorum.”??? We have a President that fills that definition.
We have a President who is the victim of that definition.
Socialism is just a mere insult now…there is NO socialism….we can pretend but we have been doing that for 70 years….chuq
Blame lazy and greedy doctors and dentists… Drug company detailers offered discounts, freebie gifts, etc to get them to prescribe oxy. In past maybe Tylenol 3 or vicodin for a nasty wisdom tooth extraction or a torn up knee – then oxy, oxy, oxy. Then oxy on street, then oxy+? and deaths exploded!
And then we have an epidemic of addiction….chuq
The problem with privatization as I see it (from the vantage point of a lowly security guard.. -it’s wonderful growing old and being put out to pasture-) is that it’s done without government regulation, or tight government regulation. One of the dumbest-ass things to me has been turning over security of our military installations to outside vendors. It’s understandable why the Pentagon did it.. to save money by reducing the need for manpower, i.e., military police, security police, etc. They’ve been doing that for a couple decades now. In fact, kitchen staff is now outsourced. The idea used to be is that the generalized security to any military installation used to include limiting access to the installation by non-military personnel. Now pretty much any installation is crawling with civilians doing various jobs. Our Marine installation has a number of on-base fast food places.. and I think there’s supposed to be a Walmart soon. It’s great for families of military personnel having jobs on-base though. I tend to be old school. But even with the prisons being outsourced.. you can’t just turn it over to vendors and forget it. There has to be tough regulation.
Private contractors have taken over all aspects and that drives defense budgets out of sight to pay these bandits….chuq