Older than that. I think in the US, since Nixon. Globally, since the late Middle Ages. The financial and merchant class has always wanted to BE the government.
Iran-Contra affair, AIDS crisis, union-busting by firing 11,000+ traffic controllers, Reaganomics, HUD scandal, war on drugs escalation like "Just Say No".
Carter would've won in 1980 if the economy growth did better.
If you want to see how that ends, we already have examples. They privatized management of military housing for most state-side bases years ago. Now they're rotting, falling apart, stuff doesn't work, mold, and unsafe. Then they force families in. If you don't take it, you lose your allowance.
They’re always quick to tell you how bad government is at running things. They should know. They broke it. I remember Reagan saying the the scariest words were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Unless you’re making bathtub hooch or backyard meth, you want a functioning government.
Of course! That’s Exactly what the “Free Market LIBERTARIANS” wanted! They are taking advantage of a totally incompetent leader and administration to implement their “Billionaires’ Nirvana Manifesto.”
This is what Charles Koch, the Heritage Foundation and the Federalists Project 25 is all about! 👎👿
We let corporate raiders freely feast upon our infrastructure, institutions and economy for many years - no surprise that they've now sent their sights on the nation itself.
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Iran-Contra affair, AIDS crisis, union-busting by firing 11,000+ traffic controllers, Reaganomics, HUD scandal, war on drugs escalation like "Just Say No".
Carter would've won in 1980 if the economy growth did better.
This is what Charles Koch, the Heritage Foundation and the Federalists Project 25 is all about! 👎👿
For 40 years, until it just broke into Fascism?
The "Golden Goose" servants who RULE the Party chose this outcome by Joining Reagan/CIA Director Bush Sr. in every respect, outdoing them, from Union busting to War for Profit.
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/future-of-the-democratic-party/333721
It's like that town that privatized everything and was overrun by bears, but the whole United States.
See the irony?