In Pennsylvania, residents are resisting a corporate takeover of their water system as state lawmakers attempt to change a law that incentivizes privatization.
Not shocking at all. Water and sewer should be run by your local government for public interest and not for profit.
When public services are run for-profit, services get cut down right up to the regulation line.
Why bother getting 99.9999999% of the bacteria and literal shit out of the water when regulations say I only need to get 98%? BTW I bribed lobbied politicians to change regulations down from 99.99%. That was just unreasonable and everyone knows a little cholera is good for the heart.
When public services are run for-profit, services get cut down right up to the regulation line.
Yep. And Republicans are getting elected and gutting those regulations.
And why shouldn’t Nestle have a monopoly on water? They should be able to drain the Great Lakes and sell it to everyone else but the US if they damn well please!
Note: I’ve never said anything with more sarcasm in my life and now I feel like just by typing this out it’s already in the playbook for when Trump steals the next election.
Note: and now I need a drink.
It should be illegal to privatize any utilities.
Privatization means higher prices and worst service. Look at any private utility over the course of its lifetime to see a service that eventually fails to serve.
If you go to bed with capitalists, you wake up with fleas.
Also probably missing at least one kidney. Nothing personal, it’s just good business!
To the surprise of no one who’s been paying attention ever…
