Privatize Everything
2009
2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.
https://libertythroughwealth.com/2020/03/26/way-to-wealth-invest-when-blood-streets/
https://www.bitget.com/wiki/when-there’s-blood-in-the-streets-quote
PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/contrarian-markets-boeing-personal-finance_investopedia.html
2017 June
2017-06-05 Trump proposed firing 30,000 FAA workers from the federal payroll and privatizing the entire air traffic control system.
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/05/531574945/trump-announces-plan-to-privatize-air-traffic-control
2025 January
2025-01-20 Project 2025 Chapter 14 outlines a complete overhaul of the DHHS to include eliminating the Affordable Care Act and encouraging more privatized systems like Medicare Advantage.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 March
2025-03-05 Millions of Veterans feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.
2025 July
2025-07-10 Project 2025 calls to completely dismantle the National Weather Service and fully commercialize forecasting operations. DOGE torched NOAA’s staff.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4907338-heritage-foundation-plan-weather-service/
2025-07-31 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified that “Trump Baby Accounts” were intended to supplement, not replace, Social Security. However, reports also indicated he previously referred to them as a “back door for privatizing Social Security”.
2026 February
2026-02-06 Trump launched TrumpRX.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-and-johnson-trumprx-prescription-drugs/
https://www.cato.org/blog/trumprx-when-government-tries-build-market
PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/business/trumprx-generic-drugs-mark-cuban.html
2026 April
2026-04-03 Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/us/tsa-private-airport-security-screening
https://www.wfla.com/news/privatizing-tsa-on-the-table-as-shutdown-impacts-airport-security/
2026-04-28 After the DOE declassified nursing careers as “professional”, Senator Merkley pressed Linda McMahon on why she gutted TRIO, a program designed to encourage nursing careers. McMahon said declassifying nursing jobs would make tuition more affordable. What really has happened is students who can’t get a sufficient federal loan with low interest now will have to seek out a privatized loan with higher interest rates.
TIMESTAMP 5:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDtPiBp3j3Y&list=WL&index=1&t=321s
2026 May
2026-05-03 After Trump’s tariffs, heavy spending, and elective war in Iran all took a toll on the economy, Spirit Airlines liquidated all its assets.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout.html
2026-05-08 During a Milken Institute panel, Ted Cruz described Trump Accounts as a “dirty little secret” for advancing privatized Social Security through accounts created for newborns, and an article quoted him as saying, “it’s because we gave the money to babies so the old people didn’t get pissed”.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5870394-cruz-trump-accounts-social-security/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHWRF5XGjf8&list=WL&index=1&t=144s
2026 June
2026-06-10 Trump is trying to take control over the US Postal Service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rACBdkk-6Zs&list=WL&index=2
https://www.epi.org/publication/president-trump-attacks-the-postal-service-your-questions-answered/
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5311969/usps-privatization-trump-commerce-lutnick
https://apnews.com/article/trump-postal-service-usps-what-to-know-672db6c590837411ca3ba36966e374e1