GATS/WTO New World order: Companies, not governmnets.

[Catfish]

" ... Corporations plan to use the GATS agreement to profit from the privatization of educational systems, health care systems, child care, energy and municipal water services, postal services, libraries, museums, and public transportation. If the GATS agreement is finalized, it will lock in a privatized, for-profit model for the global economy.
GATS/WTO would make it illegal for a government with privatized services to ever return to a publicly owned, non-profit model. Any government that disobeys these WTO rulings will face sanctions. What used to be areas of common heritage like seed banks, air and water supplies, health care and education will be commodified, privatized, and sold to the highest bidder on the open market. People who cannot afford these privatized services will be left out. ..."

Source:
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-s...cial-services/


I think this is a bit frightening, to say at least.
On the other hand it's capitalism's wet dreams come true, BUT
maybe it indeed is a win situation:

In former times railroads, telecommunication, roads, infrastructure of all kind was built by tax payer's money, to be then run by the governments for affordable prices, and still making a bit money.

At some point the government would "privatize" it (read : disappropriate it from the nation's people), so private companies were in charge, usually leading to higher prices, less service and all kinds of accidents, since maintanance of this infrastructure is not what companies do voluntarily (see British Rail and others).

Then, when the whole infrastructure is completely bled out and ruined, the government would buy it back, to restore it to working condition again, by - you guessed it - taxpayer's money.

Now after this GATS/WTO agreement it would be impossible for governments to take it back for maintaining and restoration.
Good. lol
Just what will companies do then with their run-down systems ?

Will we then still have any public transportation, telecommunication etc. ?
I would say yes, but there would not much people being able to afford it ..

At least politicians would become obsolete, we could elect our economic's bosses directly without having to elect and pay politicians as intermediate parasites.

Greetings,
Catfish

[Diopos]

Markets or Politics? This is the question.

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[Catfish]

Plague or Cholera.

It seems the world's companies would prefer markets and have sacked all with their lobbyists, so this is why there is a growing worldwide resistance against this idea of what they call the New World Order.

[August]

Originally Posted by Catfish

...there is a growing worldwide resistance against this idea of what they call the New World Order.

Isn't that like the 25th New World Order since WW2?

[the_tyrant]

To be honest, sometimes privatization does wonders for service.
Not always, but sometimes.

The drive test place used to be run by the government. Service was horrible, I know people who are 18 and they still don't have their license because the employees were on strike for a year.

Needless to say, they privatized the place, and now service has improved significantly.

[gimpy117]

because everybody knows somebody should be getting filthy rich off of basic public services.

lets hope this never comes to pass.