It’s worrying to hear Rachel Reeves talking about the need to control the size of the state
The idea of ‘big government’ came from right-wingers in the US
And has always been used as a justification to cut funding to public services and lay the groundwork for privatization
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@Molly
Yep, you got it. Bush Jr. would have privatized just about every government function if anybody would have let him. While it's true that the US used mercenaries before, you have to go back to the very beginning of the colonies breaking away to see it. The Shrub made it standard procedure somehow, and it's never gone away.
