Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ralphie has a blog

I couldn't find Ralph Nader's presidential website, but his organization has a blog, and it brings up a lot of stuff that the press should be covering but isn't. (e.g. coal mine safey and work accident prevention).

However, as a former Federal Employee, I raised my eyes at this:

...hundreds of billions each year of federal government contracts, grants, leaseholds and licenses given to corporations to run our government, exploit our taxpayer assets and lay waste to efficient, responsive public services.

There are arguments about lack of oversight when public services are privatized, but the reason for outsourcing is that the private sector is more efficient and much more responsive to public pressures...that's why a lot of tribes have privatized their tribal clinics and services from the IHS...
But again, it is an issue that hasn't been covered much in the MSM....

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