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sop

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9. All Republican efforts to eliminate and privatize public services and agencies are motivated by money.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jul 2025

Every part of the commons is seen a potential source of profit for corporate interests running the GOP: education, Social Security, Medicare, law enforcement, prisons, the military...and now weather forecasting.

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Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts [View all] dalton99a Jul 2025 OP

So a paywall on the weather forecast. We finally got there. Walleye Jul 2025 #1

+1. The function of government is to create, preserve and protect monopolies for billionaires dalton99a Jul 2025 #4

The sickening thing is they really believe that. With their white male privileged lives. Walleye Jul 2025 #6

Of course Timewas Jul 2025 #2

Of course Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #3

Duh! malaise Jul 2025 #5

1984 examined the issues of truth versus propaganda. Passages Jul 2025 #7

This decades-old privatization fetish will affect all govt functions at some point. As we allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #8

All Republican efforts to eliminate and privatize public services and agencies are motivated by money. sop Jul 2025 #9

Don't most of the private weather forecasters use karynnj Jul 2025 #10

Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA dalton99a Jul 2025 #11