{"id":11591,"date":"2025-06-04T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:08:00","slug":"privatization-the-name-of-the-game-in-dc-privatizacion-el-nombre-del-juego-en-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/privatization-the-name-of-the-game-in-dc-privatizacion-el-nombre-del-juego-en-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Privatization- the Name of the Game in DC \/ Privatizaci\u00f3n- el Nombre del Juego en D. C."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10922\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/colette-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10922\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/colette-copy-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/colette-copy-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/colette-copy.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colette C\u00f3rdova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By\/Por Colette C<\/strong><strong>\u00f3rdova<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many on the right believe government and business should have the same goals. Nothing could be further from the truth. Government should be looking out for the concerns and welfare of its citizens, whereas businesses are focused on the bottom line and being the best company financially that they can be, while beholden to their stockholders and their consumers. Both are needed. Both need to be efficient. Both need to meet the needs of the people they serve.<\/p>\n<p>Muchos en la derecha creen que el gobierno y las empresas deber\u00edan tener los mismos objetivos. Nada puede ser m\u00e1s lejos de la realidad. El gobierno deber\u00eda velar por las preocupaciones y el bienestar de sus ciudadanos, mientras que las empresas se centran en el resultado final y en ser la mejor empresa financiera posible, a la vez que se comprometen con sus accionistas y consumidores. Ambos son necesarios. Ambos deben ser eficientes. Ambos deben satisfacer las necesidades de las personas a las que sirven.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Elon Musk, the administration\u2019s appointee to be the head DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), randomly terminated federal employees under the guise of looking for fraud, waste, and abuse. What is the real reason for Musk\u2019s appointment, which ended after his 130-day stint on May 29, 2025? While this may seem new to some of you, trying to discredit the government, declaring the private sector is better, we have been headed in this direction for a long time. When politicians profit off businesses while in office or are owned by businesses that have funded their campaign, we all lose.<\/p>\n<p>Como saben, Elon Musk, designado por la administraci\u00f3n para dirigir el DOGE (Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental), despidi\u00f3 aleatoriamente a empleados federales con el pretexto de buscar fraude, despilfarro, y abuso. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la verdadera raz\u00f3n del nombramiento de Musk, que finaliz\u00f3 tras su mandato de 130 d\u00edas el 29 de mayo de 2025? Aunque esto pueda parecer nuevo para algunos, intentar desacreditar al gobierno, afirmando que el sector privado es mejor, llevamos mucho tiempo en esta direcci\u00f3n. Cuando los pol\u00edticos se lucran a costa de las empresas mientras ejercen el cargo o son propiedad de empresas que han financiado su campa\u00f1a, todos perdemos.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you may remember the debate, on October 5, 2000, between Republican, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Democrat nominee, Joe Liberman.\u00a0 In response to Lieberman\u2019s jibe that Cheney had profited greatly from the job he had recently departed as CEO of the Haliburton Corporation, the government-based contractor, the Republican nominee replied, \u201cI can tell you, Joe, the government had absolutely nothing to do with it.\u201d \u00a0Cheney\u2019s statement became one of the most telling statements of our time. Leiberman laughed good-naturedly and joked about joining the private sector himself, but the comment went unchallenged. This kind of corporate welfare, for the most part, is still unchallenged and even more out of control under the current administration. (See article for more information on war profiteering by Haliburton https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/halliburton-and-cheney-wa_b_29635)<\/p>\n<p>Algunos de ustedes recordar\u00e1n el debate del 5 de octubre de 2000, entre el vicepresidente republicano Dick Cheney y el candidato dem\u00f3crata, Joe Liberman. En respuesta a la burla de Lieberman de que Cheney se hab\u00eda beneficiado enormemente del puesto que acababa de dejar como director ejecutivo del Corporaci\u00f3n Haliburton, la contratista gubernamental, el candidato republicano respondi\u00f3, &#8220;Te puedo decir, Joe, que el gobierno no tuvo absolutamente nada que ver con eso.&#8221; La declaraci\u00f3n de Cheney se convirti\u00f3 en una de las m\u00e1s reveladoras de nuestro tiempo. Lieberman rio con buen humor y brome\u00f3 sobre unirse al sector privado, pero el comentario no fue cuestionado. Este tipo de bienestar corporativo, en su mayor parte, sigue sin cuestionarse y est\u00e1 a\u00fan m\u00e1s fuera de control bajo la actual administraci\u00f3n. (Ver el art\u00edculo para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la especulaci\u00f3n de la guerra de Haliburton https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/halliburton-and-cheney-wa_b_29635)<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, President Ronald Reagan made anti-government statements during his inauguration speech on January 20, 1981: &#8220;Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem \u2026 yet another state narrowing of individual freedom and individual responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antes de esto, el presidente Ronald Reagan hizo declaraciones antigubernamentales durante su discurso inaugural el 20 de enero de 1981: \u201cEl gobierno no es la soluci\u00f3n a nuestro problema, el gobierno es el problema\u2026 otra restricci\u00f3n estatal de la libertad y la responsabilidad individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some conservatives also call the government the \u201cNanny State.\u201d The Cato Institute wrote a policy called <em>The Nanny State<\/em> in 12-08-04: \u201cOne of the more disturbing trends in government expansion over the last 30 years has been the collection of laws, regulations, and binding court decisions that make up the \u2018nanny state.\u2019 Those laws and regulations represent the government at its most arrogant. Their message is clear: politicians and bureaucrats know more about how to live your life, manage your health, and raise your kids than you do. Former president Ronald Reagan once said: \u2018Government exists to protect us from each other. Where the government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Algunos conservadores tambi\u00e9n llaman al gobierno el &#8220;Estado Ni\u00f1era.&#8221; El Instituto Cato public\u00f3 una pol\u00edtica titulada <em>El Estado Ni\u00f1era<\/em> el 12-08-04: &#8220;Una de las tendencias m\u00e1s inquietantes en la expansi\u00f3n del gobierno en los \u00faltimos 30 a\u00f1os ha sido el conjunto de leyes, regulaciones, y decisiones judiciales vinculantes que conforman el &#8216;estado ni\u00f1ero.&#8217; Estas leyes y regulaciones representan al gobierno en su forma m\u00e1s arrogante. Su mensaje es claro: los pol\u00edticos y bur\u00f3cratas saben m\u00e1s que t\u00fa sobre c\u00f3mo vivir tu vida, administrar tu salud, y criar a tus hijos. El expresidente Ronald Reagan dijo una vez: &#8216;El gobierno existe para protegernos unos de otros. Donde el gobierno ha ido m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de sus l\u00edmites es al decidir protegernos de nosotros mismos&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can see this historical, conservative, trend that has the USA upside down now, with the current administration publicly exploiting it in plain sight. Our current administration hired a private sector technical giant from South Africa. Elon Musk created DOGE to look for efficiencies and reduce the size of government in a scope that has never been seen before. By Musk\u2019s action, DOGE could easily stand for <em>Dismantling Our Government for Enterprises<\/em>. Why did they do this, you ask? Is it really to make the government more efficient, or perhaps to dismantle long, stable governmental departments so they can claim that they are not working by arbitrarily cutting them to the bone? Citizens, then, are not served and are on hold forever when they call. Then businesses will come in and say we can do better and, you guessed it, PRIVATIZE the agencies. The right wing has no problem with taxpayer dollars as long as it is going into their pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Se puede observar esta tendencia hist\u00f3rica, y conservadora, que tiene a Estados Unidos patas arriba horita, con la administraci\u00f3n explot\u00e1ndolo p\u00fablicamente a plena vista. Nuestra administraci\u00f3n contrat\u00f3 a un gigante tecnol\u00f3gico del sector privado de Sud\u00e1frica. Elon Musk cre\u00f3 DOGE para buscar eficiencias y reducir el tama\u00f1o del gobierno a un nivel sin precedentes. Con la acci\u00f3n de Musk, DOGE podr\u00eda f\u00e1cilmente significar <em>Desmantelando Nuestro Gobierno para las Empresas.<\/em> \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 lo hicieron?, se preguntar\u00e1n. \u00bfEs realmente para hacer al gobierno m\u00e1s eficiente, o quiz\u00e1s para desmantelar departamentos gubernamentales antiguos y estables para poder alegar que no funcionan reduci\u00e9ndolos arbitrariamente al m\u00ednimo? Los ciudadanos, entonces, no son atendidos y se quedan en espera eternamente cuando llaman. Entonces las empresas vendr\u00e1n y dir\u00e1n que podemos hacerlo mejor y, como ya habr\u00e1n adivinado, PRIVATIZAR\u00c1N las agencias. La derecha no tiene problema con el dinero de los contribuyentes mientras vaya a sus bolsillos.<\/p>\n<p>We see this in the privatization of prisons and detention centers for immigrants, schools, and water in Flint, Michigan. Additionally, in the aging network, private health insurance companies will now run the state of Ohio Medicaid Waiver Services beginning January 1, 2026, for home care services of older adults 60+ who meet nursing home level of care for home health aides so they can age in place. Republican Representative Barbara Sears, a former insurance worker from Sylvania, Ohio, was once appointed the head of the Ohio Department of Medicaid. Before that, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) created the Office of Health Care Transformation and put an insurance worker in charge of that as well, embedding the state\u2019s aging system.<\/p>\n<p>Vemos esto en la privatizaci\u00f3n de prisiones y centros de detenci\u00f3n para inmigrantes, escuelas, y el agua en Flint, Michigan. Adem\u00e1s, en la red del envejecimiento (para personas mayores), las compa\u00f1\u00edas privadas de seguros m\u00e9dicos del Ohio Servicios de Exenci\u00f3n de Medicaid empezando el 1 de enero de 2026, para servicios de atenci\u00f3n domiciliaria para adultos mayores de 60 a\u00f1os que cumplen con el nivel de atenci\u00f3n de un hogar de ancianos para auxiliares de salud a domicilio, de modo que puedan envejecer en casa. La representante republicana Barbara Sears, extrabajadora de seguros de Sylvania, Ohio, fue nombrada directora del Departamento de Medicaid de Ohio. Antes de eso, el gobernador de Ohio, John Kasich (republicano), cre\u00f3 la Oficina de Transformaci\u00f3n de la Atenci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica y tambi\u00e9n la encarg\u00f3 a un trabajador de seguros, consolidando as\u00ed el sistema estatal para personas mayores.<\/p>\n<p>The right wing\u2019s goal in government has always been to cut and merge, and cut and merge, and cut and merge. Their ultimate goal is to eliminate individual departments into one big box store, in what I call the \u201cWalmartization\u201d of the United States. As a licensed social worker, we are required to follow all laws, are mandatory reporters, and must take 3 hours of ethics every two years. Fraud, waste, and abuse did not start with Elon Musk. Additionally, anyone who works in programs funded by Medicaid (health care and other services for low-income individuals) we are required to take a course called \u201cFraud, Waste, and Abuse\u201d ANNUALLY and pass a test for each section as a requirement by the funder. Again, we are mandatory reporters and must report if we suspect any unlawful activities. According to the U.S. Office of Inspector General, fraud is intentional deception for personal gain, waste is careless spending or mismanagement of resources, and abuse is excessive or improper use of resources contrary to their intended purposes. As one who wrote Request for Proposals, negotiated contracts, and then monitored those contracts, for local government and later a regional non-profit, the program monitor\u2019s job is to provide technical assistance to the providers, so they know what is allowable and not allowable with their multiple funding streams. The tools that a monitor uses are based on laws and regulations, ensuring the contractors are in compliance while meeting their contractual goals and objectives.<\/p>\n<p>El objetivo de la derecha en el gobierno siempre ha sido recortar y fusionar, recortar y fusionar, recortar y fusionar. Su objetivo final es eliminar departamentos individuales y convertirlos en una gran tienda, en lo que yo llamo la &#8220;Walmartizaci\u00f3n&#8221; de Estados Unidos. Como trabajadora social y con una licencia, estamos obligados a cumplir con todas las leyes, somos informantes obligatorios y debemos tomar tres horas de \u00e9tica cada dos a\u00f1os. El fraude, el despilfarro, y el abuso no empezaron con Elon Musk. Adem\u00e1s, cualquier persona que trabaje en programas financiados por Medicaid (atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y otros servicios para personas de bajos ingresos) est\u00e1 obligada a realizar un curso anual llamado &#8220;Fraude, Despilfarro, y Abuso&#8221; y aprobar un examen por cada secci\u00f3n, como requisito del financiador. De nuevo, somos informantes obligatorios y debemos informar si sospechamos alguna actividad ilegal. Seg\u00fan la Oficina del Inspector General de EE. UU., el fraude es el enga\u00f1o intencional para obtener un beneficio personal, el despilfarro es el gasto descuidado o la mala gesti\u00f3n de los recursos, y el abuso es el uso excesivo o indebido de los recursos en contra de sus fines previstos. Como redactor de solicitudes de propuestas, negociador de contratos y su posterior supervisi\u00f3n, tanto para el gobierno local como para una organizaci\u00f3n regional sin fines de lucro, la funci\u00f3n del monitor de programas es brindar asistencia t\u00e9cnica a los proveedores para que sepan qu\u00e9 est\u00e1 permitido y qu\u00e9 no con sus m\u00faltiples fuentes de financiaci\u00f3n. Las herramientas que utiliza un monitor se basan en las leyes y normativas, garantizando que los contratistas cumplan con las normas y alcancen sus objetivos contractuales.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the program monitor is to ensure the providers understand their contract and the rules that govern it so they can be efficient, compliant, and meet the needs of the clients they are serving under the grant. The goal is for the providers to be successful, and yes, if you do uncover fraud, handle it and recoup funds if needed. Another big factor is that an organization should have enough internal controls and oversight to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. Segregation of fiscal duties, etc. As a former certified math teacher, social worker, and a master\u2019s degree in education in computer science, and a 30-year administrator, I would like to know, just what credentials did Elon Musk\u2019s team have? Being a computer programmer does not make you a good fiscal monitor, especially if you were in only the private sector, which has a totally different set of rules and standards than public funds. Did they have any CPAs or trained fiscal auditors? I don\u2019t care how intelligent they are, you don\u2019t want a pulmonologist doing your heart surgery. As the current administration\u2019s repeated message to the public has been the government is a \u201cdeep state,\u201d as if they are hardened criminals stealing your money through wasted taxpayer dollars, when instead most of them being dedicated staff working for the interest of the public good and would make much more money in the private sector but have a calling. As I said before, many on the right don\u2019t mind using taxpayers\u2019 dollars as long as it is going into their pocket, including Elon Musk and his DOGE team. Not only did Musk not meet the goals he claimed to achieve, but he also cost the government more money, cut the IRS so the billionaires are less likely to be audited, including himself, thus reducing the federal revenue, increasing the deficit. We call this a conflict of interest in the monitoring world. \u00a0Again, the current administration\u2019s goal is to cut governmental staff so they are overloaded and can\u2019t get their job done in a timely manner, so they can now claim government workers are inefficient, so they can, guess what? Give it to the private sector to run. And who do you go to if you have a problem? Some loop of an automated phone menu and never get to a human being to actually assist you, which is the norm in corporate America now?<\/p>\n<p>El objetivo del monitor del programa es garantizar que los proveedores comprendan su contrato y las normas que lo rigen para que puedan ser eficientes, cumplir con las normas y satisfacer las necesidades de los clientes a los que prestan servicios bajo la subvenci\u00f3n. El objetivo es que los proveedores tengan \u00e9xito y, s\u00ed, si se descubre un fraude, gestionarlo y recuperar los fondos si es necesario. Otro factor importante es que una organizaci\u00f3n debe contar con suficientes controles internos y supervisi\u00f3n para prevenir el fraude, el despilfarro y el abuso. Segregaci\u00f3n de responsabilidades fiscales, etc. Como exprofesor certificado de matem\u00e1ticas, trabajador social, con una maestr\u00eda en educaci\u00f3n en inform\u00e1tica, y administrador con 30 a\u00f1os de experiencia, me gustar\u00eda saber qu\u00e9 credenciales ten\u00eda exactamente el equipo de Elon Musk. Ser programador inform\u00e1tico no te convierte en un buen monitor fiscal, especialmente si trabajaste solo en el sector privado, que tiene un conjunto de normas y est\u00e1ndares totalmente diferentes a los de los fondos p\u00fablicos. \u00bfContaban con contadores p\u00fablicos o auditores fiscales capacitados? No importa lo inteligentes que sean, no quieres que un neum\u00f3logo te opere el coraz\u00f3n. Como ha repetido el mensaje p\u00fablico de la actual administraci\u00f3n, el gobierno es un &#8220;estado profundo,&#8221; como si fueran criminales empedernidos que roban dinero a trav\u00e9s del despilfarro del dinero de los contribuyentes, cuando en realidad la mayor\u00eda son personal dedicado que trabaja por el bien p\u00fablico y ganar\u00edan mucho m\u00e1s dinero en el sector privado, pero tienen una vocaci\u00f3n. Como dije antes, a muchos en la derecha no les importa usar el dinero de los contribuyentes siempre que vaya a parar a sus bolsillos, incluyendo a Elon Musk y su equipo DOGE. Musk no solo no cumpli\u00f3 los objetivos que dec\u00eda alcanzar, sino que tambi\u00e9n le cost\u00f3 m\u00e1s dinero al gobierno, recort\u00f3 el IRS para que los multimillonarios sean menos propensos a ser auditados, incluido \u00e9l mismo, reduciendo as\u00ed los ingresos federales y aumentando el d\u00e9ficit. En el mundo de la supervisi\u00f3n, esto se llama conflicto de intereses. De nuevo, el objetivo de la actual administraci\u00f3n es recortar personal gubernamental para que est\u00e9 sobrecargado e impida que realice su trabajo a tiempo, para poder alegar que los funcionarios p\u00fablicos son ineficientes y, \u00bfadivinen qu\u00e9?, dejar que el sector privado lo gestione. \u00bfY a qui\u00e9n acudes si tienes un problema? \u00bfPasar por un men\u00fa telef\u00f3nico automatizado y nunca llegar a un ser humano que realmente lo ayude, que es lo normal en las corporaciones estadounidenses hoy en d\u00eda?<\/p>\n<p>I urge anyone reading this to use their critical thinking skills and not be duped by the smoke and mirrors show in D.C., trying to convince you of all the fraud, waste, and abuse. By now, I\u2019m sure you know someone who has lost their job due to these cuts, either federally or the upcoming Medicaid cuts, which the current administration is passing the cost back to the states, as his billionaire cronies pay less in taxes than the average middle American. If the private sector takes over the function of government with turning a profit as a goal, and your needs are not met, we will all be living the Flint, Michigan water situation, when the government privatized their water and the residents went without tap water for years, still being resolved today.<\/p>\n<p>Insto a quienes lean esto a usar su pensamiento cr\u00edtico y a no dejarse enga\u00f1ar por las falsas alarmas de Washington D.C., que intentan convencerlos de todo el fraude, el despilfarro, y el abuso. Seguro que ya conocen a alguien que ha perdido su trabajo debido a estos recortes, ya sean federales o los pr\u00f3ximos recortes a Medicaid, la administraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 trasladando la costa para tras a los estados, para sus amigos multimillonarios que pagan menos impuestos que el estadounidense promedio. Si el sector privado asume las funciones del gobierno con el objetivo de obtener ganancias, y sus necesidades no se satisfacen, todos viviremos la misma situaci\u00f3n del agua en Flint, Michigan, cuando el gobierno privatiz\u00f3 el agua y los residentes pasaron a\u00f1os sin agua, una situaci\u00f3n que a\u00fan se est\u00e1 resolviendo.<\/p>\n<p>Government for the people, by the people, and of the people. Your elected officials are there to listen to YOUR needs and concerns, as citizens of the United States of America, not to be vulture capitalists making a profit off your tax dollars and lining their pocketbooks. Let your legislature know your thoughts before it is too late.<\/p>\n<p>El gobierno para el pueblo, por el pueblo y del pueblo. Sus funcionarios electos est\u00e1n ah\u00ed para escuchar sus necesidades e inquietudes, como ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos de Am\u00e9rica, no para ser capitalistas buitres que se lucran con sus impuestos y se llenan los bolsillos. Comun\u00edquele a su legislatura antes de que sea demasiado tarde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\/Por Colette C\u00f3rdova Many on the right believe government and business should have the same goals. Nothing could be further from the truth. 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Nothing could be further from the truth. 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