Republicans aren't the only ones doing that. Public-Private partnerships are the exact same thing, and Obama, both Clintons, and Harris are all fully on-board that train. You know the documentary "waiting for superman" about privatizing schools in New York City, you know what Obama was before he was a senator? he was a community organizer, being paid by a non-profit to privatize social services. I don't know what the latest front of the culture wars is, but blaming republicans for privatizing is wantonly ignorant.