The shocking cost of ‘free’ water in detroit

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Max E., Jul 27, 2014.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I don't necessarily agree. I believe I've asked you for a link on this, but you never supplied one (that I saw). If I missed it, please point it out. If I did not miss it, please supply one.

    If you can't supply something, then stop spouting about as if it were fact.
     
    #91     Jul 28, 2014
  2. jem

    jem

    For a decade I lived close to the beach and used heat or air at most 10 days a year. Sometimes never. One home we owned was 2900 sq feet brand new with the good windows and everything and that was about 400 a month also.

    We recently bought a house 10 miles inland in a good school district..
    Our bills are not indicative because we were having the home remodeled.

     
    #92     Jul 28, 2014
  3. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    Earlier post saysDetroit sells water @ cost.

    Why on Gods green earth would'' water sold @ cost sell for $180 per month '' WOW;is she [community organizer]watering her lawn , neighbors lawn,garden + swim pool???????????????????????
    And why does the city alow 60 days to cut off????

    I asked our water dept; its 30 days, then cut off, with written notice . But then most US citys are NOT socialists:cool:
     
    #93     Jul 28, 2014
  4. k p

    k p

    At the heart of corporations is unfortunately an ethic to squash anyone else for the purpose of making it the only company. Given this premise, its not hard to see why it would be in the best interest of the corporation to control the government, to control what it can pay the workers, to control any other options that the said workers might have. (ie. some might argue that if an employee doesn't like his job, he can find another job, but big business has already done a wonderful job of making sure minimum wage being so low gives very little options)

    Sure I may make this point a little more dramatic than need be, but profits is after all what a corporation is all about, and then of course there has to be exponential growth until it busts.

    And I don't think it should be any different. A corporation should be in the business of making money and making investors happy. But once it is allowed to do so without following any rules, by controlling how those rules that it is to be governed by are written, well, this is really the end.
     
    #94     Jul 28, 2014