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The Pros and Cons of Privatizing Government Functions
Outsourcing may seem like a perfect solution for deficit-plagued governments, but the morning after can bring some unpleasant surprises.
November 29, 2010 • Last summer, residents of Maywood, Calif., woke up one morning to find the government as they knew it gone. After years of corruption and mismanagement, the small, blue-collar city south of Los Angeles fired almost all of its employees, dismantled its police department and contracted with a neighboring city to take over most municipal tasks. On July 1, local officials announced that Maywood had become the country’s first city to be fully outsourced.
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Thirty years ago the United States and coalition allies launched Operation Desert Storm in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, America’s military intervention in the Middle East has had long-term repercussions.
From the San Diego Tribune, Thursday, January 17, 1991:
Air strike on Baghdad is felt here
Tears and cheers greet news of war
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When the bombs hit Baghdad, San Diego shook.
People across the city and county stopped in their tracks, drawn like magnets to radio speakers and television screens, riveted by news of yesterday’s air assault on Saddam Hussein’s forces in Iraq and Kuwait.