Taibbi: America on Sale

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"I was in a meeting where a bunch of American investment bankers were trying to sell us the Pennsylvania Turnpike," he said. "They even had a slide show. They were showing these Arabs what a nice highway we had for sale, what the toll booths looked like . . ."


I dropped my fork. "The Pennsylvania Turnpike is for sale?"

He nodded. "Yeah," he said. "We didn't do the deal, though. But, you know, there are some other deals that have gotten done. Or didn't you know about this?"

An excerpt from Matt Taibbi's upcoming book Griftopia.

[don]

Re: Taibbi: America on Sale

FIRE Sale

Here in the Bay Area, Fie Departments are being privatized, along with Police Departments, at an accelerating pace.

A FIRE you can't put out, pal


Old School, mostly all-gone

(See War on Drugs...Robo-Cop)