The #2 censored of 2003 - New Trade Treaty Seeks to Privatize Global Social Services. (The General Agreement on Trade in Services - GATS) After seeing the lead that the Republicans are taking into letting private firms take over Government services, i.e., libraries, postal services, water, etc., finding more about the reality of this scenario is deeply disturbing to me.
From the book.... "Corporations plan to use the GATS agreement to profit from the privatization of eductional systems, health care systems, child care, energy and municipal water services, postal services, libraries, museums and public transportaion. 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 publically 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.
During mid-year 2002, all WTO member countries made wish lists of services they want privatized. These lists were supposed to be confidential, however, the Canadian Polaris Institute obtained copies of these GATS wish lists. What was on the US's wish list, eh?
Why isn't OUR media covering this story? Where is the OUTRAGE?
http://www.slyfelinos.com/slyblog/archived/000745.html