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    In the beginning, the MHPI was centrally run by OSD Office of Competitive Sourcing and Privatization. DoD contracting personnel were not familiar with the complexity inherent in this new approach to military housing construction: unfamiliarity with these different kinds of negotiations, plus the new legal, financial, and budget issues that appeared as the program got underway. Therefore, progress in negotiation of contracts and beginning construction was notably slower than originally envisioned…

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    While both sides have their merits, further examination clearly concludes that the absolute privatization of organizations which intend to explore, research, or develop Outer Space will be the most effective and efficient way for humans to harness even a minute portion of…

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    A Pledge Against Water Privatization The World Bank has predicted that by 2025, more than half of the population will start running out of drinking water. When such numbers are presented as cold facts to the population, non-action is becoming less and less an option. This gloomy prediction however, is not unanimously seen as bad news; in fact, this impending doom is seen as a valuable business opportunity for numerous multinational business who are trying to monetize the misery of water starving…

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    method of water distribution. Privatization is a proposed method that claims private companies ought to be tasked with the treatment and distribution of water, rather than the current system which employs the government as the main mechanism of distribution and holds that water is a public resource. While the number of people who receive their water from privatized sources increased globally by six fold…

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    Another example of misapplication of the market regulated principle is the massive privatization of water by companies is the waters provided in Mexico. The water costs more than Coca-Cola. Dasani which is a water bottle is sold for 46 cents and Coca-Cola is sold for 26 cents. This situation occurred because Vicente Fox who is the former President of Mexico used to be the general manager of Coca-Cola in Latin America, so Coca-Cola received one of the largest amount of water in Latin America…

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    Privatizations of prisons has been the center of criticism for the past few years, the main reason is that, prisoners are being “neglected and abused” by private firms who runs the facility. Over population in the prisons paved way to the privatization of prison systems in the United States. The first private prison in the world was first opened in an old motel in Houston, Texas in the early 1980’s. It was “pioneered by the Correction Corporation of America” financed by the “country’s second…

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    complete removal of door-to-door mail delivery would leave Canadian citizens with disabilities in its wake. On the other end of the spectrum Canadians who regularly use the postal service provided by Canada Post are strongly against the idea of the privatization of the Crown Company due to the fact that after the shares reach the market the prices will rise significantly and due to the postal monopoly in Canada the inelasticity will cost Canadians hundreds of thousands of dollars due to price…

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    In recent discussions of the water crises of Flint, MI, a controversial issue has been a decision whether water privatization or public utilities are better for the well-being. The people in Flint, MI have experienced an extreme discomfort of the over excessive amount of lead in their own homes. In fact, Elected officials have denied for over a year that the city's water was contaminated with lead, however, they finally admitted that the water wasn't safe in September 2015. CNN News reports that…

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    freedom, incarcerates of 1% of our nation’s population; that is 2.2 Million Americans, and one out of every one hundred people. America has the largest prison population in the world. Yes, higher than dictatorships and military states. Prison privatization is a major issue for many important reasons. However, it is an issue that is completely overlooked and unknown in the rhetoric of our nation. Private prison corporations can influence our government and lawmakers into making and enforcing…

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    Although space privatization does have it pros and cons space privatization should stay and for ever be up to NASA. Privatizing space just should not be taken lightly. The organization that need to go into space is NASA and their men and women. NASA’s job is to explore Space, learn from it, and…

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