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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by relaxing on Thursday March 02, 2023 @08:54AM (#34995626)
Meanwhile we all know corporate workers who produce zero or negative value for the enterprise, yet are not fired.

The main reason politicians are anti-public enterprise is because they are entwined in the profits of private enterprise. "Lazy union workers" is a handy cover, though.

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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by entropyie on Thursday March 02, 2023 @09:44AM (#34996250)
Yeah, I hope you didn't read to much into my comments. I am in favor of state run utilities... Just pointing out some problems I've seen... For sure the private sector are in bed with government and have their own problems with bad staff and short term thinking.
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