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So the way we tell the difference between private sector and public sector activities is more by the forms of governance, management, or “rules of the game” that apply to our various activities.
So the way we tell the difference between private sector and public sector activities is more by the forms of governance, management, or “rules of the game” that apply to our various activities.
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==Jun 13, 2011 — Union Concessions Not Enough To Save Jobs==
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Patch -- Union Concessions Not Enough To Save Jobs
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Union Concessions Not Enough To Save 48 Teaching Jobs (June 13, 2011)
http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/union-concessions-not-enough-to-save-48-teaching-jobs
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The Governor and his Privateers are starving the Public Sector in Michigan out of existence for a reason, so that private corporations can complete their hostile takeover of all public services. They stopped being content with tax abatements, bailouts, bribes, incentives, kickbacks, and worker concessions a long time ago — they want nothing less than the automatic funneling of tax dollars directly into their private corporate bankrolls without the annoying interference of all us pesky commoners.
Mackinac Center For Public Policy • “State Needs Privatization”
• http://www.educationreport.org/15050
Lansing State Journal • “Going Private? — Snyder, Republicans Put New Focus On Merits Of Privatization”
• http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110515/NEWS04/105150528/GOING-PRIVATE-Snyder-Republicans-put-new-focus-merits-privatization
http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/union-concessions-not-enough-to-save-48-teaching-jobs#comment_890808
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Here's a good update on some of the things that educators, parent activists, and others will be doing over the Summer to protect our system of democratic education from hostile takeover by corporations, ideologues, and other private interests.
Frustrated Educators Aim To Build Grassroots Movement
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/15/35activists_ep.h30.html
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Thousands of educators, parent activists, and others are expected to convene in the heat and humidity of Washington next month for a march protesting the current thrust of education policy in the United States, especially the strong emphasis on test-based accountability.
Organizers say the effort aims to galvanize and give voice to those who believe policymakers, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and state governors, have gone astray in their remedies for improving American schools.
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http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/union-concessions-not-enough-to-save-48-teaching-jobs#comment_903384
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Lee,
You have just recited all the favorite advertizing slogans that a particular school of thought likes to spin about itself.
Actually, considering the circumstances, the promoters of that line of thinking would probably take offense at being called a “school of thought”, unless it could be a private for-profit school of thought. So maybe I should call it a “company of thought”, and give it a catchy name like “Private Enterprise Does Everything Better” (PEDEB.com). We can create a contest for the logo, later.
Like any good company of thought, PEDEB.com does a bang-up job at advertizing the virtues of its products and services. In that enterprise it has the able and willing services of the entire advertizing industry, an industry devoted to putting the virtues of its clients in the best possible light.
But if you believe everything that PEDEB.com is trying to sell you — well, I can get you a fantastic deal on a Bridge to Canada.
http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/union-concessions-not-enough-to-save-48-teaching-jobs#comment_906057
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