Replies to post #4239 on Just Politics

[StephanieVanbryce]

the thing that really made me laugh . .was of course, you know they 'privitized' everything possible .. even their Fleet is operated by private contractors, not Uncle Sam. And the teabaggers are always telling us that privatization is the answer to all of our problems!.... So the Free Hand Of The Market FAILED! lolol .. The "PRIVATE CONTRACTORS" could NOT AFFORD to update to the MODERN planes!!!!!! ...WHAT?

Modern airplanes are available, some able to skim up a bellyful of water from a lake without even stopping to land and thus to conduct dozens of drops a day, but these are too expensive for the private contractors who fly the forest missions. Even the supply of younger military hand-me-downs has dried up. “There are no lightweight bombers being surplused anymore,” said Vincent Ambrosia, a forest fire expert at NASA. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/us/fire-threat-up-as-vintage-air-arsenal-shrinks.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all ]

..This sorta really PROVES that oh yes Shirly! We really do need the Federal government to operate as a NON PROFIT entity, NOT as a FOR PROFIT business

............so much for privatization ..PROFITS before PEOPLE, that is their business ...PROFITS!.. NOT PEOPLE and NOT THEIR Properties!