Something to Think About . . .

Related Off-site Links:
The “Silent Violence” of Corporate Greed and Power – Ralph Nader (Common Dreams, December 8, 2024).
Behind UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Is a Larger System of Corporate Rule – Derek Seidman (TruthOut, December 12, 2024).
The Hated U.S. Healthcare System Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Run Like a Business – Thom Hartmann (Common Dreams, December 9, 2024).
For-Profit Insurance Industry Rife with “Greed”: An Interview with David Sirota – Rising (December 9, 2024).
62% of Americans Agree U.S. Government Should Ensure Everyone Has Health Coverage – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, December 9, 2024).
Serving the Public Good? – An Analysis of Private Prisons and For-Profit Incarceration in the United States – Karoline Marko (Frontiers, November 4, 2021).
For Illinois Students, the Promises of For-Profit Colleges Often Ring Hollow – Lisa Kurian Philip (Marketplace,July 23, 2024).
Taxpayers Cover Tuition at California’s For-Profit Schools. The Results? Low-Wage, High-Turnover Jobs – Adam Echelman (CalMatters, August 21, 2024).
For-Profit Colleges Fund Lawmakers Who Led Attack on Top Universities Over Campus Protests – Tom Perkins and Will Craft (The Guardian, August 2, 2024).
How Americans Differ in Their Views on For-Profit Education – Cristian Reyes (New America, September 13, 2024).
“Stupid Is as Stupid Does”: The Gumpification of America, 30 Years Later – Melanie McFarland (Salon, July 7, 2024).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Progressive Perspectives on This Moment of Class Consciousness
• Something to Think About – December 8, 2024
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking American Democracy
• The Wrong Type of Government Intervention