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A Reminder of the Evils of Energy Privatization

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This is yet another reason why some things shouldn't be left to the tender mercies of the "free market"....

 
This is yet another reason why some things shouldn't be left to the tender mercies of the "free market"....




Under one of the most corrupt governments under American control. What is happening their is not a free market, not even close. So a terrible comparison.
 
Under one of the most corrupt governments under American control. What is happening their is not a free market, not even close. So a terrible comparison.
No, its perfect because its' also an example of how colonization royally screwed up Puerto Rico.
 
No, its perfect because its' also an example of how colonization royally screwed up Puerto Rico.

Please! Puerto Rico has overall control of their government under Puerto Ricans. They have nobody to blame for mass corruption any communist government politician would be proud of. The bullshit colonization stance doesn’t hold water.
 
Puerto Rico has overall control of their government under Puerto Ricans.
Yeah, if you call having every major decision subject to the whims of Congress "overall control"...basically, Puerto Ricans are modern-day equivalents to sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South.
 
Yeah, if you call having every major decision subject to the whims of Congress "overall control"...basically, Puerto Ricans are modern-day equivalents to sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South.

They have virtually the same rights and abilities as a state, but glad you agree our federal government has to much power over the states and territory’s. Sounding like a conservative😎
 

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