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“I don’t think they’re targeting distressed systems at all,” said Kofi Osei, a member of Towamencin Neighbors Opposing Privatization Efforts, a local activist group.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Privatization means delegating these services to mostly private companies that operate to earn a profit rather than such services being delivered by arms of the government.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Privatization is not so much a solution as it is an invitation to new problems.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

Mr. Poole’s own Annual Privatization Report for 2021 shows that most of these projects require some direct taxpayer contribution, including about 20 percent of the overall Interstate 495 project cost in Virginia.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

Privatization of the economy proceeded at   an accelerated pace in 2002-03, and the budget deficit dropped from   3.0% of GDP in 2002 to 1.6% in 2003.

From The 2004 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency