Would you favor private police force?
Would you favor private police force?
Creeping privatisation of health and education and no-bid contracts of Blackwater at Katrina is only the foreshadowing of what's to become. What should we do NOW to stop this? Right now gutting of Federal services that serve the public greater good are being replaced by privateeers that have no oversight. Did you know that the mercenary firm Blackwater, (now Xe), were on the streets of Katrina before emergency aide could reach city residents?
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