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I worked for a Secretary of State office. They always got the short end of the stick when it came to soliciting campaign contributions and had to get creative.

The Auditor outsources audits to private companies. They reciprocate with political donations.

The Treasurer outsources investing state monies to private companies. They reciprocate with political donations.

The Attorney General oursources legal work to private law firms. They reciprocate with political donations.

What's the Secretary of State going to do? It's not like they can outsource voter registration to private companies that'll turn around and send in campaign donations. They outsourced the simplest business filing in the office to a private company that turned out to be a consortium of professors at the Assistant Secretary of State's alma mater, a Bible college. They charged the state $0.10/filing to process and $0.05/page to scan the approved documents and had their students do the work for extra credit. That's thousands of dollars a month of pure profit with no overhead.

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What's the Secretary of State going to do? It's not like they can outsource voter registration to private companies that'll turn around and send in campaign donations.Stop giving them ideas!

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Retailers are bringing in 14% profits now, which is why the press corpse are whining about "inflation".

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In 45 years of watching privatization projects the world over I have never once seen one which ends up providing better service or lower cost. Never.

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i am disgusted and enraged

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What. The. Actual. Fuck.

I did not apply for rental assistance, because I've not been out of work. Others needed it more. I barely get by; I'm glad thrift is a habit. Still, I've got it better than many.

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The guiding principle of the United States: Every law must fuck poor people.

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capitalism is death, just like religion.

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capitalism deals with suppression of human value because no profits can be extracted from freedom.

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Considering it's free money to Guidehouse for a government program to help people, shouldn't the margin be around 5 percent?

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The vaccine his supporters will kill others not to take

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Even our socialism gets rat-fucked by capitalism.

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Holy crap I just solved Wordle, after getting no letters with the first two words. This may be the greatest accomplishment of my life.

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You know I thought Iran had a bonespur to pick with this POS over killing their top commander...

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It's the American Way

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