Republicans In Florida Want To Sell Off Their State To The Highest Bidder

And they don’t want you to know about it. The State Senate in Tallahassee is considering legislation that will allow lawmakers to privatize critical parts of the commons and outsource government duties to private corporations. That could include everything from selling off public parks to corporate chemical factories or handing over state prisons to corporations like the CCA, which lobbies for harsher drug penalties since they turn a profit off each person they incarcerate. And here’s the most radical thing about the legislation – it allows the lawmakers to make these deals behind closed doors in complete secret. Deals wouldn’t be made public until the contracts are already signed – eliminating any chance of voters being able to weigh in or protest their community being sold. Private corporations are eating up our communities and Republicans are the ones spoon-feeding them.

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