"Reporter: The ports here in the U.S., the traffic has really slowed and now thousands of dock workers and truck drivers are worried about their jobs.
Trump:
That means we lose less money."
-Acyn
How long will GOP MOC continue to let Trump destroy the US economy?
He's delusional, but they seem to think that his long-term plan of privatization, is worth enabling a deep recession.
#israel #palestine #usa : #war / #gaza / #blockade / #humanitarianaid / #internationallaw / #privatization / #uno
„The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday.“
New York: Orthodox Jewish Schools Hope to Evade the Law and Collect Public Money - Dark ages education not acceptable. https://dianeravitch.net/2025/05/06/new-york-orthodox-jewish-schools-hope-to-evade-the-law-but-collect-public-money/ via @dianeravitch #Privatization
Let them drink Diet Coke.
#NOAA #WaterQuality #algalbloom #GreatLakes #drinkingwatersupply #privatization
#usa #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #internationallaw / #uno / #humanitarianaid / #privatization / #statevisite
„Aid agencies say the plan runs counter to humanitarian principles, is logistically unworkable and could put Gazans and workers at risk.“
See also:
„U.S. Security Contractors Going to Gaza to Oversee Truce, Officials Say“
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/world/middleeast/gaza-us-contractors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek8.680J.huwDVI4_dFqf&smid=url-share
@eniko Because the people who suggest that sensible idea are not in power, and do not have the ear of those in power.
About 50 years ago left-wing economists embraced neoliberalism - free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in government spending & austerity.
Here's professor of economics Bill Mitchell explaining how left-wing politics lost the global economic debate...
#Privatization leads to a loss of knowledge & skilled labor. Take for instance the park stairs below-less than 15 yrs old. Whoever approved this project failed to take into account the 1000s of people of all shapes sizes & abilities who use these stairs every week. I asked some parks staff if they do maintenance on them…nope. The wood stairs are for a private residence not something for a city with a population of 110k—not incl people from the college & other cities who exercise on them
"WSJ now reporting: J Dimon told investors last week that the *best case outcome* is now a #recession for the US.
This was at the same closed door meeting where Bessent told the same investors that the current #tariffs on CN are unsustainable."
How much louder do they need to get before asset prices get the message?"
-S Hakimian
Few journalists, politicians, or economists, admit that this was Trump's intent from Day 1, he wants todestroy the #economy for #privatization.
@AnnaAnthro
RE
#USFDA #FDA ends #MilkTesting quality testing
#USTODAY #sanewashing #misleading TOP HEADLINE
They are giving the TESTING of #pasteurizedmilk (but NOT #rawmilk) to a private company
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE
for _that_ company
I wonder if this is the #Privatization that will happen to VA.gov #departmentofveteransaffairs and #socialsecurityadministration NEXT
#trumpadministration is....all....about,
#racisism #corruption and #power
#BirdFlu Testing
Republicans introduce #austerity & #privatization to try to protect #profits, & then #Dems get in, tinker, & finalize those changes.
'AUPE Media Release:
Hospital horror-stories no longer a shock thanks to private laundry services
EDMONTON—Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) say soiled sheets and lost valuables are the new norm in Alberta hospitals thanks to privatized laundry services, and they have the photos to prove it.
AUPE members and other health care workers report that gowns, sheets, and rags are often soiled or filled with used needles after returning from K-Bro, the private company hired by the provincial government to provide laundry services for health care centres across the province.
“Some staff have even reported finding dentures and used diapers in supposedly clean linens,” says Curtis Jackson, AUPE vice-president and chair of the union’s Anti-Privatization Committee.
“Health care works when we focus on quality, not profits,” he says. “Health care staff and patients across the province experience the awful reality of for-profit laundry services first-hand. Albertans deserve a higher standard of health care, which can only be achieved through public ownership and accountability.”
Former premier Jason Kenney's government officially privatized all publicly-operated hospital laundry services in late 2021 and into 2022. All AHS retail food services were privatized shortly thereafter in 2023.
AUPE members are now worried premier Danielle Smith’s relationships with Trump officials and allies in the United States will inspire her to further Americanize Alberta’s health care system.
“Taking publicly-delivered health services out of the public domain and awarding them as contracts to private corporations has consistently cost our province and everyday Albertans more while providing lower quality and diminished outcomes,” says Jackson.
Recent private health care disasters have also increased workers’ anxiety over privatized services, including the government’s private surgical contracts scandal as well as the DynaLife debacle, which the government insisted would save money but instead cost Albertans $100 million to save and bring back into the public system.'
"The VA invented physician assistants. They run a scholarship program for them. But they don't hire them in sufficient numbers,often forcing PAs to give back their scholarship
.
PAs could help with the #Veterans Admin’s staffing challenges. But though the VA pays for training scholarships, PAs have found it hard to get work there.
The #VA today remains the single largest employer of PAs in the US, ~1/3 of whom are vets.
"The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector to develop relevant programs in schools."
I read this draft EO as further evidence Big Tech is poised to hasten the privatization of public education through industry-serving AI literacy and related curriculum."
-C Logan
#AI #Privatization #PublicSchools #BigTech #Resist #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/22/ai-schools-executive-order-trump-draft/
" #TaxCuts for very rich people leads to less revenue then cuts to the public sector. This is presented as being 'inevitable' but it's a choice which leads to a decline in quality & accessibility of public services. Then governments swoop in to offer #privatization as a viable alternative."
"US rule change for low-value imports threatensthousands of small online sellers, e-commerce expert says."
Higher #tariffs & shipping costs, esp high rates from the #USPS, will bankrupt many small businesses, & likely some medium & large-sized businesses. It's Trump's corrupt intent.
#Privatization #Trumpcession #Economy #USPol https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-cargo-faces-22b-revenue-hit-when-china-tariff-exemption-ends
"Trump ramps up attacks on Powell, demands ‘loser’ Fed chair lower rates 'NOW."
We wish this were the Onion, but Trump manages to ruin Easter week, & the foreseeable future bc his tariff's are wrecking the US #economy, & most of the global economy. His #privatization plan isn't subtle. Will GOP MOC continue to appease him? The equity markets are reeling, long rates are
, the$ is
, LEI is0.7%... Economists say that HIS #tariffs are causing inflation.
#USPol #Trumpcession
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/trump-powell-attacks-interest-rates-fed.html
“The WH may not realize: manufacturing isn’t like a computer.
When you turn it off -can’t simply turn it on again.
“Factories all over the world, esp those focussed on the US market,are laying off their WKRs, bc *don’t have orders or bc they can’t afford imported raw materials & components made more expensive by the #tariffs.
-Molson
Trump is sabotaging economies, worldwide. Rs are complicit. Do they believe that the goal of #privatization will benefit them, or are they morons?”
#USPol
#SchoolVounchers passed the #txlege last night / this morning -__- This is gonna hit rural areas harder and faster than it does suburban and urban areas. The domino effect is exactly what these ghouls want, eventually siphoning off *all* public monies for education into private hands.
