Private companies should not own public utilities. No one should make a profit on things a community needs in order to thrive. Our forty year orgy of privatization must give way to an appropriate balance between individual economic interests and a concern for the common good.
Pennsylvania passed a law incentivizing private companies to buy publicly-owned water systems. Now residents are seeing their water bills skyrocket. One local official put it bluntly during a hearing today: "People should see privatization for what it really is — a scam."
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"No one should make a profit on things a community needs in order to thrive." Like food?
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Replying to @4PhilWI
Good point! I should have said “at the expense of” things…

Dec 13, 2023 · 5:09 AM UTC

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