Amtrak technically is privatized. That’s why it sucks so hard.
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I suggest we deport this Nazi immigrant.
I don't think any other country wants him either, except maybe Russia.
However, he IS a big space enthusiast. Maybe there should be not one, but two Teslas floating in space?
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fuck no, nationalize spacex and starlink
They already tried this in LA with privatizing the public transportation system back in the 50’s. The big car companies bought it all and dismantled it in favor of selling their cars.
Most of Amtrak loses money except for the NE corridor. So if you privatize Amtrak it means even worse service and eventually no trains where it is not profitable.
Same with privatization of the USPS, it just means less services for a higher price until they decide to close it altogether because email will replace letters altogether. Say good by to any privacy since all email is monitored and capitalized for marketing.
Fuck fElon Muskrat.
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They privatized the postal service in the UK.
It did not go well
And the railways.
That did not go well either.
Although I'll wager it's still more useful than the US rail system.
At this point. How could anyone care or take seriously anything Musk or Trump spits. It's all lies and bullshit.
Lies and bullshit, but with a 50% chance of happening
I mean you have to take their words seriously because they tell you what they're going to do. Or at the very least what they want to do.
Elon Musk should privatize his face
No shit, I'm so tired of seeing it
I disagree. He should make it more accessible to the public. Physically accessible.
The usps is a government SERVICE. These parasites look at that and say “but nobody profits from that” and somehow they just can’t let that happen.
The thing is they did generate a profit until they were fucked with by Republicans to make them look unprofitable.
There isn't a functioning part of our government that the regressives wont destroy for private profit.
I still can't get over the idea of for profit prisons. incentivized incarceration is beyond stupid.
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In my country since the government privatized a part of postal service, the quality of service heavily declined to the point that now is almost guaranteed that they will "lose" your letter if you send it in a place that will cost too much to deliver
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Someone punch him in the face, please
I think a much smaller object with much much greater velocity it's referable.
He'll find those already government run in Russia. Perhaps he should consider relocating to that shithole and leave the United States the fuck alone.
Step 1: Privatize and sell it for peanuts to fellow billionaires Step 2: Watch it crumble Step 3: Buy it back for a fortune from the very same people you sold it
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rip rural service
Definitely, I live in a very rural area of the country I think it might be one of the most rural places in the lower 48 states. And we heavily depend on the postal service to get things that we simply don’t have here. This will totally cripple my town and 99% of the people here will blame it on woke.
You know who wants to replace the postal service? Amazon. They have delivery vehicles, lockers, and so on. They have been building towards it for years. I'm sure an attack on the postal service would leave Amazon on top, and I bet it's a plan in the works.
As for Amtrak, maybe musk wants to swallow it up with his boring company.
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Privatize deez nutz, bitch
This has been a fever dream of Republicans for my entire life. Looks like they just may get it this time.
I remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.
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It's time to strike some fear in Elon's heart. He's fucking around, he's going to find out.
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