Water and electricity should *NEVER* be in corporate hands.
@hersheylima5482
4 ай бұрын
Yeah & we need to take the internet too
@UnyonRing
4 ай бұрын
Electricity would be nearly impossible for the US government to provide on their own. It would have to be done on a federal level due to transmission lines crossing multiple regions, and can cost billions of dollars. Realistically the federal government could never accomplish this. Source: I’m an engineer in this sector
@Seticzech
4 ай бұрын
@@UnyonRing Yeah, you're right, socialistic minds can't check for facts and reality.
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
u ever played a game called MONOPOLY mu guy?
@TheZombieButler
4 ай бұрын
Id add internet and cell phone towers to that.
@kienhwengtai8113
4 ай бұрын
"Privatise the profits, socialise the losses" in action
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@Blackatchaproduction
4 ай бұрын
Capitalism
@Atheos-1
4 ай бұрын
@@Blackatchaproduction Yep, working exactly as it's supposed to, not as the propaganda we're fed says.
@nychris2258
4 ай бұрын
@@Blackatchaproduction Corporate welfare. The only welfare Republicans always love.
@MyName-tb9oz
4 ай бұрын
More people should pay attention to this. It's what corporations do. But people don't really seem to want to know. Maybe because they mostly work for the giant corporations and don't want to lose their soft pointless jobs? Maybe because it would require them to take some responsibility for the consequences of their own actions? Nah... That _couldn't_ possibly be it...
@yautl1
4 ай бұрын
It's wild to me that there are still so many people who haven't figured out that corporations _absolutely never_ have your best interests in mind.
@CoryRayGordonMusic
4 ай бұрын
Replace the word corporations with governments.
@Boris80b
4 ай бұрын
Nope... Corps do not
@artemis3120
4 ай бұрын
@@CoryRayGordonMusic As the citizens, we have a responsibility and duty to keep our government reigned in. With corporations calling the shots, they have government (and the monopoly of violence) on their side. We need to take back our government.
@Lespion306
4 ай бұрын
No one but you has your best interest in mind.
@Boris80b
4 ай бұрын
It's unfortunately a little more complicated than citing platitudes
@Ang.0910
4 ай бұрын
Water is peoples most important resource. Water is life. Should never be owned by private companies. Same with electricity and sewage.
@survivormary1126
4 ай бұрын
They tried to pull that mess in Cleveland Ohio when Dennis Kucinich was Mayor. He stood by the people to the point that the City went into default, withstanding much criticism, to save the Public Utility. To this day he's the reason that it's City Owned and saved his constituents absolute Millions. Great guy we need more of. He's running for Congress and hope he wins. Vote hard people and do your research to back the right ones. Remember to follow the $$$$!!!
@MemoirsofaBasketcase
4 ай бұрын
It’s like watching a dystopia unfold in real-time and no one is bothering to stop it.
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
Decades of deregulation, Underfunded enforcement , corrupt campaign contributions and bastards on every level who will do anything for a little money and you wind up with a country that doesnt serve or protect the people at all.
@drewmorrison
4 ай бұрын
Funny how 20-30 years ago, everyone was worried about communist dystopia similar to China but worse. Turns out we’re heading towards a capitalist dystopia that’s basically neofeudalism.
@edsmith6504
4 ай бұрын
Not enough people know it's happening.
@TheRealVenom448
4 ай бұрын
@edsmith6504 Oh, we all know it is happening. We are all just too comfortable, complacent, and distracted with synthetic issues.
@Nottherightgoat
4 ай бұрын
@@edsmith6504radical left for inflation
@alexandercatinella9100
4 ай бұрын
A Native American proverb predicted this. "Only when the last tree has fallen, the last river been poisoned and the last fish caught, will man realize he cannot eat money."
@SavageFreddy33
4 ай бұрын
They'll give us synthetic meat before they ever let themselves realize they've done something abominable.
@cyndlehick9777
4 ай бұрын
@@SavageFreddy33keep your guns people
@macjoseph2375
4 ай бұрын
@SavageFreddy33 it's already happened with lab meat 😢
@fett_420
4 ай бұрын
@@SavageFreddy33Not in Florida.
@prodigalpriest
4 ай бұрын
Who TF are you kidding? People have been eating gold for centuries.
@barbiedahl
4 ай бұрын
Investor owned utilities should be ILLEGAL.
@stephenmiller2337
4 ай бұрын
Indeed. All utilities should be publicly owned.
@kaasmeester5903
4 ай бұрын
As a staunch believer in capitalism and the free market, I agree. Unless they actually operate in a functional free market with meaningful competition, which is almost never the case.
@N9Breaker
4 ай бұрын
But you LOVE CAPITALISM
@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036
4 ай бұрын
@@N9Breaker ...and with Your comment, You're just showing the world how arrogant, ignorant and utterly clueless You are... Well done!
@TheModdedwarfare3
4 ай бұрын
@@N9Breakercapalism 😡
@ChefboyRLG
4 ай бұрын
Control water, control food, control energy…. CONTROL THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Come on man how do we stand together and fight back?????
@jmvpams1380
4 ай бұрын
Fighting back will be villified sadly Comparing that to the terrorists the governments secretly created
@1984FarmDreams
Ай бұрын
Join the RFK Jr movement. We the people will take our power back! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
@deirdremorris9234
Ай бұрын
@@1984FarmDreams That and folks have to stop being scared.
@anastasiaangelikova
Ай бұрын
We can’t. They overruled our constitution with a law saying that we cannot rise against the government or we’re breaking the law.
@popthetruck5703
Ай бұрын
Easy ppl need to head to the Whiteshouse in numbers and demand change
@taranjk1
4 ай бұрын
omfg this is hilarious as a UK citizen, we sold our water off under thatcher and we saw the same effect. No shit! water is an inherent monopoly and shouldn't be sold.
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
it's like this little known board game called Monopoly!
@pedrova8058
4 ай бұрын
Thanks to the dictatorship in Chile (and the Reagan/Thatcher school of thought) we have the same here, and they aren't even national companies: Anglian Water (UK) is here (through a local company), with some Spanish company. Only in small rural towns the water is managed by neighborhood cooperatives
@ChickpeatheTortie
4 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention the fact that most of our water companies are also owned by 'foreign corporations'
@MyName-tb9oz
4 ай бұрын
@@pedrova8058, the people in the US really don't seem to grasp that exactly the same things happening all over the rest of the world are going to happen to them, too so they don't care. Mostly the damn boomers who don't care about anything except their retirement accounts and never cared about the things that didn't happen in their own neighborhoods.
@cameronweston1762
4 ай бұрын
And the townspeople don’t get the right to vote on this purchase? Wtf
@AdmiralBison
4 ай бұрын
That's a reason why it was so clandestine and hush hush. Politicians selling out towns to the 1% shareholders is nothing new, but there needs to be more awareness of this so people will be more informed when come elections. Since it was so hush hush I'm of the belief the local politicians new the ramifications and we're probably bribed.
@rzq100
4 ай бұрын
This is the problem with Republics. We farm out our political decision making to corrupt officials who only care about benefiting themselves.
@jaghatarkebab2020
4 ай бұрын
That's kind of what they do when they elect their representative officials. Though, in a functioning democracy, those officials *should* realise that such a specific issue like this is not something were elected for determining, and therefore it *should* be put up for vote.
@JaleM
4 ай бұрын
Well, that’s the thing, voters do get to vote on the people that make the decisions on their behalf. This is why usually politicians won’t make long lasting improvements that are difficult to swallow in the moment, unless it benefits them personally
@Detrumpificator4377
4 ай бұрын
They get to elect representatives who are supposed to represent them but when those representatives represent the 1%, not the townspeople this is what happens and worse. There was a country in history that privatized more than any other country in the world at that time. Care to guess what country that was?
@cutback443
4 ай бұрын
this is ABSOLUTELY INSANE to me that THIS IS EVEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. I really do hate it here... the greed and evil is much too palpable.
@earthsystem
4 ай бұрын
My dad was born in Oklahoma 1935, he said, "a man has a right to live. He has a right to have a place to sleep and food to eat." It is our God-given right to have a little property, and buy our meals, and enough to drink. These free resources provided by @earthsystem MUST NOT not be a Capitalist Investment!!!! AMERICANS OWN AMERICA. This is OUR land.
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
They have special schools to teach people how to be this evil
@fidgettyspinner3028
4 ай бұрын
@@greg6500 shhh. Wharton grads will hear you.
@Seticzech
4 ай бұрын
@@greg6500 You mean schools like economics? 🤣
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
@@Seticzech MBAs will be the end of us.
@coltenhunter2000
3 ай бұрын
Water, food, shelter, and air should never be privatized.
@prodigalpriest
Ай бұрын
Don't be f***ing stupid. Food has been privatized for almost two centuries, since after the start of the Industrial Revolution. The supermarkets and bodegas are just the last part of the retail chain before food gets to you.
@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531
Ай бұрын
I think it is ok for them to be privatized but at the very least let people choose between what is privatized and what is not. About air, I'm guessing you are talking about breathing air. No one should get charged for breathing air in any shape way or form. There is a chance they are taxing us for breathing air or going ti because of the global warming/climate change laws so that the government can tell people the reason they are taxing people is so that they can put that money into funding global warming/climate change projects. Which, whenever government gets their hands on money, they always misuse their funds.
@MargueriteFairProductions
Ай бұрын
DEMOCRATS can't stop
@Lion_lamb
Ай бұрын
They can be privatized, but don’t allow them to donate to political candidates! Overturn Citizens United vs FEC!
@Fossillarson
Ай бұрын
Air is bc when u treatment of water = Daf system or holding tanks ect. Require air scrubber = air permits and regulations. Ik i work in wastewater we have air permit. Remember Us Humans need air !!! Rest of ecosystems use co2. Why do think industrial age was so bad. When realized that what kept plants and trees growing and producing. Now this clean air political crap for past 20years is joke with politicians riding the coat tail making bank. @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531
@LGrian
3 ай бұрын
This is legitimately terrifying. It’s bad enough that essential services or electricity and internet are privatized, but for water, the thing that every person requires to live, is their next target is unimaginable.
@deohere7647
4 ай бұрын
Utilities should NOT be commodities.
@gray3508
3 ай бұрын
utilities are commodities...
@speedy01247
3 ай бұрын
@@gray3508 I mean in the literal sense of the word they are.
@VilliageSquidiot
3 ай бұрын
@@gray3508They are not. Go lick your boot
@magnificentmuttley154
Ай бұрын
👍 Right. This is exactly why government has to exist. Because there are certain "businesses" too essential to be corrupted by corporate profitability. City water supplies are one of them Just imagine how far corporate cost-cutting would go (to maximize "profitability" & "efficiency") if the police & fire departments were "privatized," for example. Privatization has never worked in the public's interest, & it never will. We need municipal gov to control the water supply, because municipal gov is made up of local _TOWNSPEOPLE,_ not wealthy businessmen!
@RevolutionRoad
14 күн бұрын
@@magnificentmuttley154 If you don't think municipal gov is corruptible, you're fooling yourself!
@guygrdnr
4 ай бұрын
How the hell can they sell something that doesn’t belong to them? It’s for the citizens
@livingwell5892
4 ай бұрын
They think they are God. You will own nothing while they will own everything.
@chopmoptactical2109
3 ай бұрын
Purify it .. condition it.. sterilize it.. pressure it to your faucet...and recycle ♻️ it ....UNTIL U DO THAT U CANT BITCH ABOUT IT
@wendygore2709
Ай бұрын
Just ask a Native American 😢
@janetcohen9190
4 ай бұрын
''Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians, bureaucrats, financiers, elites, bankers, pharma, MIC, big-agri, big-bus, msm, and kindred.....; creating solutions to problems they created in the first place." - Walter E. Williams
@Nwakaego_
4 ай бұрын
Underrated comment.💯💯💯
@yolyprog2561
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely correct
@MonkeyMind69
4 ай бұрын
Companies are FOR PROFIT, but water is a necessity for consumption, cleanliness, and growing food. Whether covered through taxes or paid directly, Greedy companies will find a way to exploit the system to line their own pockets.
@AmusedPassport-ec1lv
4 ай бұрын
graduated college, worked hard, never came ahead. Now I live in a rural county in a trailer on a small plot of land with a well. Its not an awesome apartment but my bills are around 300$ a month. I work part time doing siding and two days work covers the bills and everything is paid for. I sleep in, read a lot, its awesome.
@anthonybarnes
25 күн бұрын
This is my life goal. I've had a similar experience. Got a Bachelor's in IT and it hasn't panned out. Just treading water. I'll probably end up doing something similar as you.
@Brian-uy2tj
4 ай бұрын
Some products and services should NOT be for profit. Utilities, healthcare, education, and a few others.
@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
4 ай бұрын
capitalism demands everything that can be commoditized be commoditized
@Brian-uy2tj
4 ай бұрын
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
@Skumm93
4 ай бұрын
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr That's why you have safeguards against it, true capitalism is cannabilistic, you need regulated market systems that force companies to bend the knee and get back in their place.
@thec9424
4 ай бұрын
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehrCapitalism also means no bailouts for mega corporations or filing for bankruptcy 11 times, but here we are.
@nazgill43
4 ай бұрын
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehrCapitalism inevitably results in corperate greed that costs the consumers more as time passes. Either capitalism needs to be heavily regulated, or replaced with socialism.
@mpinline1
4 ай бұрын
Public utilities CANNOT be for profit, they are not free market commodities or services. The end consumer DOES NOT have a choice of two or more options for utilities, therefore making public utilities private for profit enterprises is in fact a racket and should be illegal.
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
We wish. When it comes to greed there are no limitations.
@s_t_r_a_y_e_d
4 ай бұрын
and people will call you a communist for wanting non-profit essentials
@justthinking526
4 ай бұрын
I'd say the same about for profit " healthcare".
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
@@justthinking526 Interesting path of destruction, that. Look up KFC vs. Arbys... and how that lead to the destruction of US healthcare.
@CarlGerhardt1
4 ай бұрын
For decades, they were regulated monopolies, and things worked very well. (Just like most things in America used to work very well).
@Andre-qo5ek
4 ай бұрын
commodification of EVERYTHING is the mindset that has to be changed here. human rights need to be protected.
@enemyofthesheeple
4 ай бұрын
Okay. Who's doing the protecting of said rights? Because it isn't the gubment.
@Andre-qo5ek
4 ай бұрын
@@enemyofthesheeple gubment is useless without people of progressive, as in progress towards egalitarianism and cooperation, mindset pulling the levers. the gubment has people who believe in the commodification of everything at the levers. we need rights protected on all levels. individuals, unions, politicians, business people, community boards. all these groups, and more, need the mindset of protecting PEOPLE, not the interest of commodification and exponential growth. all hands on deck. a good starting document to consider alignment with would be the Declaration of Human Rights put out by the UN. people are VERY disconnected with even the most basic of rights that people have.
@ZachTheHuman
4 ай бұрын
I don’t think it couldn’t be, we need to take back our government from the corporations. Eat the rich.
@TheRumblewagon
3 ай бұрын
Corporate greed is rampant. There is no end to what they will try to monetize. Don't be surprised when air is next.
@sbielec30
4 ай бұрын
They did this Peru. Many companies only paid about $200 for the water, and then they cut people off from the water. Seriously, look it up. People have to walk miles for water, farmers are now living in deserts it’s awful!
@user181
4 ай бұрын
Control the water, control the people.
@birdlady2725
4 ай бұрын
Same with food - which was the big issue with mon santo/Bayer - buying the rights to heirloom seeds etc. Then charging people tax who grow veggies from these seeds... So Wrong on So many levels!
@SavageFreddy33
4 ай бұрын
Bro, they're already in control, quit foolin' yourself.
@Lifeis2stressful
4 ай бұрын
They own you
@improvisedsurvival5967
4 ай бұрын
Can’t control what falls from the sky
@imabebebebe2496
4 ай бұрын
@@improvisedsurvival5967 someone can
@Goombario37
4 ай бұрын
Why is selling public water systems to corporations even legal in the first place??? I assumed that was illegal until now, how do we even know they're properly treating the water if they're not public or state-owned???
@WhatWillYouFind
2 ай бұрын
70 years of Conservatism and Populist nonsense, breaking down safeguards and governmental regulatory power has this outcome. You can't be a corporate puppet and not create a modern Feudal state.
@AnonymousMusing
4 ай бұрын
Why are local governments letting corporations buy water. 😡
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
Greed polluted brains?
@HPkobold
4 ай бұрын
Because the local government ain’t making much money off of water since water is meant to be cheap, then companies step in then buy water for what seems like a pretty penny, then butcher the prices for the customers in order to make a profit. Truly America at its finest
@FastRact1984
4 ай бұрын
Because they get a backdoor deal, enough money for everyone on the city council to retire quite comfortably. Not long after the deal is done they all move far away, leaving the city to pay the price. They don't even have to pay everyone off, just the simple majority. Drink up.
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
They get paid fat sacks of cash
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
Because it lines their pockets. How much of that 30mil do you imagine ended up in political pockets from the state house down to the local level? Probably about 90%.
@cristinaeden
3 ай бұрын
As a Puertorican, I saw our only gov owned electrical plant get taken over by private corporation Luma, we are now paying more & daily blackouts are a constant occurrence. 😒
@finddeniro
Ай бұрын
Island . and Another Hurricane...stay Strong..
@albertodelgado5120
4 ай бұрын
Wow. Greed is going to tear this country apart.
@jmvpams1380
4 ай бұрын
But will use propaganda like flashy words or fake scenarios to cover it up
@Ohm71
Ай бұрын
It already is, people are just being fooled to be angry at the wrong things. Divide and conquer, always works. Why do you think maga has become so popular... Its the promise of draining the swamp and jobs and justice.... Problem is, dump and his ilk have them all fooled. Real good.... But really... this is a war between decency and a future for all of US or letting big corp greed take over the rest of your country. Do you think corps will care one bit about human basic rights.... like clean water, housing, clean air, nutricious foods.... Oh, right, almost gone already. Get mad at the right things.... The big Dump is just a symptom on something much more sinister. You would do well taxing and regulating the ultra rich.... Vote for freedom from big corp, take your country back. Peace
@Daspropagandaministry
4 ай бұрын
Aqua ran the water utility’s in a neighborhood that I lived in 600$ a month water bills and the water had contaminants in it but Aqua didn’t care and when they did they raised rates and the water stayed the same companies like Aqua have no place in our society.
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
They do, though. Their boardrooms should serve as marvelous end recipients of high velocity retirement.
@technocody9296
4 ай бұрын
Try go to attorney offices with free consultation and ask lawyers to see if they think your cases have higher potential to win in court.
@Daspropagandaministry
4 ай бұрын
We tried lawyers and got nowhere the Judge basically said if you don’t like the prices move
@Marynicole830
Ай бұрын
@@Daspropagandaministrylike that’s easy. If you are having trouble keeping up with bills how are you supposed to save up to move?
@nitwitt50
4 ай бұрын
The Native Americans have been fighting for clean water for years. They have said you can not drink OIL. WATER IS LIFE!!
@Pomeray8
4 ай бұрын
Land and freedom! Team up with them. This is the way
@OutdoorLonghair
4 ай бұрын
✊
@beckyheinz7337
4 ай бұрын
Indeed. DAPL is where I joined the fight. I support Lakota Peoples Law Project. I also support Independent non profit journalism/Propublica.
@Lakeboii70
4 ай бұрын
This is how the hunger games start the privatization of government services
@RobertMadden
4 ай бұрын
JUST STOP!!!!!!!! This corrupt corporate bullshit has got to stop!
@IamBojan
4 ай бұрын
Imagine working in government and thinking selling your citizens water supply is a good idea. I'm not mad at the company, I'm mad at the elected officials that allowed this to happen. This is criminal.
@Eaode
4 ай бұрын
no no i am definitely also mad at the company lmao the officials are stupidly making a devil's bargain. The corpos are The Devil in this equation
@kpage592
4 ай бұрын
All of them are bad.
@djangosouthwest6043
4 ай бұрын
@@Eaode right this guy probably works for the company that's going to do this I'm glad you called him out Im proud of you 👏🏾
@gigaus0
4 ай бұрын
Call it what it is: Big companies want to own everything you need to live and survive. This channel has covered medical, food, water, housing, electricity, cars, busses, jobs, and all have a single thread. If it's an absolute need, some guy in a board room wants to own it, just so he can own it. The cost doesn't matter; being able to say 'no you aren't getting it' does.
@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-
4 ай бұрын
You will own nothing and be happy. Remember that slogan. Know where it comes from.
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
amen, capitalism has become cancerous now that their only opponent (communism) is long gone.
@Dracomarine
4 ай бұрын
Bro did you watch the fuckin video. It’s literally about big BUSINESS buying what was owned by LOCAL government
@charlebrownga
4 ай бұрын
That's the point .the large corps will control every breathe we breathe the water we drink and we will own or control nothing. They will eventually have more power than national government. Look up the world economic forum.theres talk of eventually creating a global corporate congress that will basically be a world government.
@bmiles4131
4 ай бұрын
Not “just to own it”. Worse, they want to own it because the customer has no choice. Can’t walk away no matter how high the price or how bad the service. They want to own monopolies and own land, water and air if they could.
@HaveAGreatDay54
4 ай бұрын
I was a dual certified water and wastewater operator in two states for more than a decade. I am here to tell you that, if your water system has been purchased by a privately owned company, do not drink that water. They are not purchasing the company with the hopes to provide safe drinking water. Profit is their only concern. Water and wastewater systems are expensive to operate. The very first thing that a private company does when they purchase a system is give it a facelift. All of the fresh paint is put there to mask the fact that they cut the annual maintenance budget in half. I have lived this scenario twice before I decided to exit the profession for good. Once the system falls so far out of maintenance that it needs an overhaul, they sell the system to an even worse company that funds the overhaul and raises the price of the service to you. It's disgusting. The water quality that they produce is not safe for consumption and the wastewater that they control is polluting your environment due to low maintenance. We need to stop putting our environment in the hands of private 'end stage capitalist' companies.
@EpicMiniMeatwad
4 ай бұрын
Finally, my water can be consulted by a consultant consultant who consulted the consultant's consultant.
@mathisnotforthefaintofheart
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like the freight trains in the US😵💫
@deemelody2396
4 ай бұрын
Don't the private water companies have to test the water to the same standards as the public ones?
@HaveAGreatDay54
4 ай бұрын
@@deemelody2396 yes but they handle 100 percent of the sampling in house. The licensed operator (that’s what I was) is in charge of the sampling and testing. The operator is required to keep logs as well. They are threatened with their jobs if the samples fail so they never fail. Even when they should.
@mathisnotforthefaintofheart
4 ай бұрын
@@deemelody2396 Well, bottles water isn't held to the same standard as tap water. Something to think about
@Changeurselfchangetheworld
Ай бұрын
Wow we live in sad times indeed. Everything is for sale in America. Nothing in sacred anymore.
@finddeniro
Ай бұрын
1970s..Me Me and Me ..
@michah321
3 ай бұрын
This happened where I live, our bills doubled. It's impossible. they need to make this stop.
@ridhamh2966
Ай бұрын
Where?
@michah321
Ай бұрын
@@ridhamh2966 Lackawanna County PA
@chrissharkey9644
4 ай бұрын
This is exactly why we don’t want the privatization of public entities! What’s next fire,police and private mail?
@SuzanneWho
4 ай бұрын
Re mail: that’s what is going to happen under DeJoy. He owns a company that would gobble up USPS.
@TheGhostFart
4 ай бұрын
considering police aren't allowed to do their jobs/are actively punished for doing their job in certain areas that might actually not be as bad of an idea as you think
@aperson5310
4 ай бұрын
Police gonna pull us over because we didn’t look at them right and give us a 5 million dollar fine. But if you have rewards maybe 100k off. Maybe give out loans with unrealistic interest rates with garbage policies.
@blastypowpow
4 ай бұрын
@@SuzanneWhoI don’t understand why Biden hasn’t gotten rid of DeJoy. It seems some things are escaping his advisors.
@neworleanssoul
3 ай бұрын
when it comes to law enforcement ANYTHING is better than what we have now
@RBzee112
4 ай бұрын
The UK privatized water and sewage. The Thames is overflowing with sewage now.
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
bad news, Thames always overflowing with sewage, it's just when stealing from the colonies is taboo, u instead steal from your neighbor!
@joshuagharis9017
4 ай бұрын
Horrible. Absolutely horrible 😞
@gregorymalchuk272
4 ай бұрын
Because they never upgraded the sewers from mixed to separate sanitary and storm sewerage.
@sorbabaric1
4 ай бұрын
The UK used to have a great train system too.
@BrianCarney-tn7mq
4 ай бұрын
I don't understand the correlation with Corp owned water and overflowing sewage in seas. I'm confused here
@joeolejar
4 ай бұрын
Why are these privatized utilities not regulated as a public utility? Unlike telecom, there is zero chance of competition.
@skeptick6513
4 ай бұрын
They are technically regulated but the regulations are bought and paid for.
@joeolejar
4 ай бұрын
Purchased self regulation. When did the wheels fall off?
@warthogA10
3 ай бұрын
Any local government/officials who allow this should be removed ASAP, Any contracts deemed null and void, and an investigation started..
@blastypowpow
4 ай бұрын
Thank goodness my township in NJ is very insistent on protecting public water systems from private ownership.
@Wilhuf1
4 ай бұрын
Keep public utilities public.
@boonelorenz5005
4 ай бұрын
If they can sell the water service without telling me, I can drill a private well without telling them.
@technocody9296
4 ай бұрын
And rain gutters turn into water tank in the basement.
@Xeonerable
4 ай бұрын
A water utility is basically a monopoly, pretty much letting a private company become the monopoly. All they care about if exponential profit growth and they have no competition so they can do whatever they want. And its not like people can just forego water, a basic life necessity.
@thec9424
4 ай бұрын
I honestly wonder how far it will go before people actually fight back.
@blues03
4 ай бұрын
@@thec9424 How would they do that? Shut off their own water or do you mean 2nd Amendment time? I'm serious. How are massive amounts of Americans supposed to fight back? The people that make these rules are insulated from them, outcome wise AND physically. It's their messengers, the other little people doing their job trying to stay employed, is who we can reach.
@thec9424
4 ай бұрын
@blues03 They keep erasing my replies. But basically we would need to do what the prolife did to end roe v wade, but for lobbying. They used voter suppression, gerrymandering, fear tactics, outright lies... whatever it takes to achieve their goal.
@michellewalters4484
Ай бұрын
Thank you to the people who fight for the little guy... 🙏🙏🙏
@puchi1388
Ай бұрын
All this privatization was put to a test in Chile. I worked down there for 2 years and everything was privatized. From water, to highways, trash, electricity. As over 50% of their citizens live well under poverty. It’s a very horrible practice.
@bcx1138
4 ай бұрын
the private equity business model should be illegal
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like a good amendment to the constitution. Remove 13 and replace it with this.
@Wisepati
4 ай бұрын
Exactly they are also buying up emergency rooms. People are so worried about the government, but the real issue is the oligarchy.
@ludus5781
4 ай бұрын
The British tried this. Now their seas are full of sewage.
@deantebritton
4 ай бұрын
But the people who are profiting from it have their own private water supply that they paid for by taking the money from everyone else through exploitation via water monopoly
@Laney_75
4 ай бұрын
Ask Britain how well privatized water & sewer went...
@sorbabaric1
4 ай бұрын
How well the privatization of Britrail went . . .
@bjarkiengelsson
4 ай бұрын
Thank the Iron Bitc - I mean Maggie Thatcher!
@soulbrothanumbahone
17 күн бұрын
Due to corporate greed coming soon, "my friend passed away yesterday because he didn't pay his air bill on time and his air was shut off by Acme Air Systems Corp. Ltd." The corporate owned funeral home industry will make millions too.
@feltbeing
Ай бұрын
It's kinda like, someone should be FIGHTING this, AGGRESSIVELY.
@thebiggestpanda1
4 ай бұрын
Local residents should absolutely be required to vote on this issue and should have the right to reclaim the utility at any time.
@justinegorski2703
4 ай бұрын
Public utilities need to be publicly owned.
@gailcarey3597
4 ай бұрын
Hence the name Public.
@traewatkins931
4 ай бұрын
Utilities (including internet access) all need to be required to be run as a not for profit entity. All mid level management and above (including executive) pay should be tied to Independently measured and validated metrics such as quality, customer satisfaction, and outages. Lobbying by these entities should be banned, and violations should be SEVERELY punished and any fines indexed to inflation as to never again becomming "the cost of doing business"
@tomhermens7698
Ай бұрын
Should be nationalised.
@GreenRiverGirl_6776
4 ай бұрын
For two years, I was severely burned by privatised city water, only escaping it when I moved to another state. Investors are getting paid handsomely for doing no work, in their entitled way leeching off those who work and harming them in the process. This must be stopped.
@SomeNerd361
4 ай бұрын
When are people going to get it through their thick skulls that privatization is ALWAYS THE BAD CHOICE
@some1337dude1
4 ай бұрын
“But we’re making money and none of the peasants are rioting. How can it be bad?” -your local “Representative”
@DgurlSunshine
4 ай бұрын
@@some1337dude1 "Privatize the profits, socialize the losses" in action CORRUPT
@juliusbroedsgaard9124
4 ай бұрын
Well not always, but things like railroads where you can't have any competition or say critical infrastructure is an absolutely insane idea. Tho I guess the US also has some serious issues with companies that claim they compete but don't like uh, Comcast and Horizon are two ISP who just by "sheer chance" happen not to service the same areas.
@shacktime
4 ай бұрын
@@juliusbroedsgaard9124 The more utilitarian the product and service the more it’s necessary to keep it away from profiteers.
@borginburkes1819
4 ай бұрын
Privatization is good. Anything else is socialism
@Lawrence-k4d
4 ай бұрын
Public utilities should remain public. A private company should not be allowed to purchase a monopoly that the public depends on for basic needs. The citizens should not be held financially hostage with their only option to move somewhere else. Kind of a coincidence that the lawmakers who sellout are usually the first to move out of area they just screwed over.
@Dick-m4u
3 ай бұрын
Truth is I work for a water distribution department in my city... it is filthy. Hydrants from 1901 only flushing spots that do not work ... rust and biological activity is through the roof ... Zero detectable disinfectants.... galvanized pipes (lead) from a lake 90 miles away.... 74 ° water in lines ... horrible. Lines rupture every week and are patched with full wrap clamps. I've seen 16 on a 30 foot joint making that an 8000 dollar joint. Water workers make 14 dollars an hour. Folks should pay more and cities should be made accountable for charging for poor water quality.
@redrobbo1896
3 ай бұрын
What state or city is paying there T&D workers 14 an hour? That is absolutely disgusting to pay skilled workers so little. My city starts laborers with T&D at about 21 an hour.
@Dick-m4u
3 ай бұрын
@redrobbo1896 Yeah it's bad ... but , we're working on it... corruption is the rule here ... for now.
@joltjolt5060
Ай бұрын
Water, food, air, shelter. These sustain life. Since we have the "right to life" this means we have the right to water,food,air, and shelter, directed by government, not private entities. Yes, private homes can exist along with.
@xejelah
4 ай бұрын
Start suing politicians - they have no right to sell the taxpayers water
@jarthur5094
4 ай бұрын
How is this not voted on by the public!
@skeptick6513
4 ай бұрын
In PA and our water bill has nearly tripled in 10 years after our system was bought by American Water. We use a pretty modest amount, around 2500 gallons a month and our bill is about $150. The customer charge for water and sewer before you use a drop is almost $35. They buy up systems and before you know it you get a notice saying your bill is going up, and the regulators here let them charge whatever they want. If you live in an area where one of these companies are attempting to buy your system fight tooth and nail against it.
@Indigo3.7
Ай бұрын
You can bet that they are putting BETTER SAFER WATER in mills closer to high income neighborhoods. While lower income has chemical, old piping, fluoride, ect..
@MarshaVoires
Ай бұрын
Same with electric. It is just my husband and I. We have no dishwasher, only do 2 loads a week in laundry. Rarely cook in the summer. Shut our AC off when cooler. Rarely watch TV or have computers or anything large. Yet,every month our bill goes up. Almost double. Why???? Our government is selling us out. There needs to be a way to stop this.
@meowtherainbowx4163
4 ай бұрын
I love Essential's slogan. They "provide" natural resources in the same way that landlords "provide" housing.
@NoNotThatPaul
4 ай бұрын
The pervasive myth is that private companies do things better. They don't
@Eaode
4 ай бұрын
they lobby against govt infrastructure to sabotage public services so ppl believe the lie.
@LDrosophila
4 ай бұрын
They do well for their shareholders but if you need clean water they don't
@SavageFreddy33
4 ай бұрын
Only Americans could be brainwashed to believe something that warped. God help us all...
@yepdontcarebud
Ай бұрын
Because they actually used to when our government did their job and enforced anti trust laws. Now anti-capitalist monopolies just get to run amuck.
@andrewrockwell1282
4 ай бұрын
All utilities should be publicly owned and government run. That includes anything that is monopolistic.
@aceous99
4 ай бұрын
u sound like a commie, r u a RED?!?!?!?!
@yepdontcarebud
Ай бұрын
Lmao "it should be owned by the government" Yeah it was.. then they sold it. There is literally your result of trusting them with it. Gratz 👏
@SuperRosepat
Ай бұрын
People make this VIRAL!!!! SHARE!!!!
@Boyka1964-s4d
Ай бұрын
Why isn’t these people in prison
@apexchaser6187
4 ай бұрын
Here's a suggestion for a topic: I'm a 50+ year old with 20+ years of professional driving experience (over 1 million safe miles) I also worked as a trashman in Portland Oregon and as a lumber mill worker in northern Idaho (short version... LOTS of relevant job experience. Around 2 years ago I walked away from the trucking industry due to long term health concerns and a lack of work life balance. I spent a year exploring alternatives and decided to pursue a career as a transportation maintenance worker, for many reasons. Opportunity to learn new skills, physically demanding work outdoors (some of us enjoy it) good benefits and work life balance. The pay scale has always been modest (as is most government work) but due to inflation over the last several years, our pay scale isn't even sufficient to afford rent prices in SE Michigan...let alone enabling the purchase of a home. We get called out at 2am to plow the roads, and set up road closures for state police. We work all 4 seasons repairing guardrails, signs, drainage infrastructure and patching potholes all to serve and keep our community safe, and the economy flowing. Most of this work is done inches from speeding motorists. If WE can't afford even the most humble version of the American dream, something is deeply wrong.
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
Sorry some soft fleshy ghoul who never did anything for anyone needed more billions of dollars.
@amzarnacht6710
4 ай бұрын
Those who work the hardest are paid the least. That's the American way.... capitalism without restriction. If a regulation pops up, buy off a politician to remove it. Yay, america.
@charlebrownga
4 ай бұрын
We are serfs and tax cattle to the elite.
@discographetti
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for everything you do and all the hard work, i’d love to see this channel cover this. I’m so sorry society is failing those holding it up
@apexchaser6187
4 ай бұрын
@@amzarnacht6710 lol... this is why I've become an outspoken socialist. Not an easy thing in the industrial Midwest 😏✊
@dabirdalton
4 ай бұрын
This happened in Georgia with Natural Gas when it was deregulated and privatized. The lower more competitive prices never happened as the price of heating homes with natural gas during the winter skyrocketed. Privatzion only works to enrich the few while improvising everybody else.
@gregorymalchuk272
4 ай бұрын
Not always. Privatization of agriculture, industry, consumer goods, retail, and grocery stores vastly improved goods and services in the former Soviet Union.
@deantebritton
4 ай бұрын
WTF are you on about with the Soviet Union? They socialized grain production and caused widespread famine. Stop being a Russian propaganda bot@@gregorymalchuk272
@justjunkmale
4 ай бұрын
They're trying to do this where I live in CA. There's a petition going around to at least allow a vote before selling the sewer system off. This is a low income area and a lot of people are going to suffer of this happens.
@tomavalon1938
Ай бұрын
They need to ban and outlaw lobbying!
@watamatafoyu
4 ай бұрын
Corporations can't be trusted with responsibility in our basic needs or common welfare. That's a federal, state, or municipal responsibility, whichever does it most efficiently.
@RichFlemingRealtor
4 ай бұрын
Private companies have done SUCH a great job running electric and gas systems, let’s allow them move on to water and sewer systems! What could go wrong? City of London, England: Hold my beer!! It’s ALWAYS a bad idea to let for profit companies control essential services.
@yepdontcarebud
Ай бұрын
Your government saviors don't care, they're in on it.
@gamtngirl3655
4 ай бұрын
I am so glad to have found this channel. Such incredibly worthwhile and important information.
@KK_Missouri_Girl
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for bringing attention to this topic!
@eddyb2001
4 ай бұрын
I'm glad this was finally stated as someone who's owned a laboratory analyzing drinking water for public utilities for over 30 years. And this is only the tip of the iceberg of what's happening with investor and public utilities.
@regishwadum
4 ай бұрын
Tell us more about
@cerochargeduno8170
4 ай бұрын
Please educate us
@cerochargeduno8170
4 ай бұрын
I want to learn ❤
@joshm3342
4 ай бұрын
I left Pennsylvania 44 years ago, but never dreamed of this happening. Trouble is, this can happen ANYWHERE. Voters, stay vigilant!
@judithmccrea2601
4 ай бұрын
Greed. One of the 7 Deadly Sins. And for a good reason.
@hipoman8087
4 ай бұрын
Here in Louisville KY the city owned its electric company. Our mayor and others made the decision to sell to a private company which was foreign. We’ve been paying out the nose since. Now there’s talk about the water company. I’m going to plant trees in my back yard and water them with my body!
@jgg204
Ай бұрын
Can confirm. Our township sold our sewer line to a private "utility provider" (BCWSA - bucks county) . Our rates went from $280/ yr to almost $800/yr. They tricked us by saying nothing would change. Then after 3 years, they 3x'd the rates on us.
@tmc6799
4 ай бұрын
Already happening here, the "city" a small town of around a 1,000, allowed a company to take over the water department. This was done by the city council over the objections of most of the town's population. The water, which was never of good quality, now it's undrinkable and smells.
@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999
4 ай бұрын
And costs more!
@greg6500
4 ай бұрын
Bet the council members can afford a lot of bottled water with whatever kickback that company gave them for selling you out.
@tmc6799
4 ай бұрын
@@greg6500 True, they also got rid of our police department.
@yummyherbicide7296
4 ай бұрын
@tmc6799 here's some food for thought, who's protecting the council if they got rid of police? This country was built on violent revolution.
@taylor3950
4 ай бұрын
@@tmc6799 when are elections? Time to get some council members that actually care
@pj_ytmt-123
4 ай бұрын
"Vultures, vultures everywhere." Was it that economist Jeffrey Sachs who went around the ex-Soviet countries touting the benefits of privatization? "How's that working out for ya?"
@nonyabeezwax8693
Ай бұрын
This has already happened and you cant even drink it. 🤮
@brianyegerlehner9157
3 ай бұрын
Here is the thing. The older man said he used 12,000 gallons of water. That is TOO much. The average usage for a small family or single/dual family homes should be way less than that. Local government is giving you too much of a deal for that kind of usage.
@txferretgirl
4 ай бұрын
power, water, gas, should NOT be allowed to operate with investors in a for profit model. Period.
@C0braChicken2
4 ай бұрын
can we toss Medical in there as well? The USA is the ONLY developed country in the world that doesn't have "free" healthcare.. But nope, we think insurance companies making BILLIONS a year in proffits is the way to go, then the large hospitals have bought up all the smaller offices, so no more mom/pop doctors.
@txferretgirl
4 ай бұрын
@@C0braChicken2I mean, yah I don't think any insurance should be permitted to be for profit to the point where they aren't even doing what they are meant to do.
@Steven9567
4 ай бұрын
@@C0braChicken2 i say keep it private but you can't buy a clinic cause goverment health care is very bad
@stuartbaxter-potter8363
4 ай бұрын
"Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence."
@BrianStroud-d3p
4 ай бұрын
Aren't the utilities systems owned by the people? They are selling things that they do not OWN! SUE THE TOWN
@fotnite_
4 ай бұрын
It's unfortunate, but in most places in the US they don't distinguish between "owned by the people" and "owned by the government".
@fiachramacaodha1260
16 күн бұрын
Just look at how privatising the water and sewage systems went in the UK. Higher bills, higher subsidies, lower water quality, failing infrastructure, increased raw sewage releases, higher dividend pay outs for stock holders.
@shirley2098
4 ай бұрын
IF YOU GIVE UP YOUR FREEDOM FOR YOUR SAFETY YOU WILL LOOSE BOTH AND DESERVE NEITHER - Ben Franklin
@matthewgagnon9426
4 ай бұрын
The names and homes of these executives needs to be published if they're going to be allowed to buy utilities like that. That way people know who to raise their complaints to when problems occur. If the executives aren't okay with that or think it's dangerous to them then maybe they need to leave well enough alone and stop buying up shit they don't need.
@charlebrownga
4 ай бұрын
They need high speed lead injections..
@neilharris9803
4 ай бұрын
There are a lot of comments here, not sure if MPU will see this or not but gonna try. At the end of the videos you guys say leave a comment if there's an issue we'd like to see investigated. I have one that is somewhat similar to the one discussed in this video. A couple of years ago a big corporation, GFL, bought out my old trash service, Waste Management. Since then GFL had jacked up prices constantly. They justify this in several ways, mainly on fuel price increases. Fuel prices got really high after Russia invaded Ukraine, but have since normalized. Even with this the keep raising and raising prices. This is obviously not as crucial as water, but it's still pretty important and burden on a lot of people, especially lower income, elderly, etc. Thanks
@edsmith6504
4 ай бұрын
And if you watch the movie The Big Short, one of the last lines in the movie states that one of the people involved with the gigantic stock crash of the 90's is investing heavily in... water. I think his name is Burry? I might be wrong.
@serafinacosta7118
4 ай бұрын
Correct.
@davidcarrier9877
Ай бұрын
So we know privatization makes everything cheaper(generally). Are we seeing the effects of government-run utility mismanagement? Are they "redistributing" everyones water to folks that can't pay then raising the rates to cover the costs?
@ForeverYoung-fc3eo
Ай бұрын
Everything is for sale in America. What a sad time to be alive 😢
@AltruisticWarrior
4 ай бұрын
All utilities should be public owned. It's cheaper and there's more oversight for quality and safety. Not to mention workers fare much better as well. I don't know how people buy into the idea that private for profit endeavors are cheaper or better. There's a reason UPS and FedEx had a poison bill passed to effectively force USPS to increase their rates, they couldn't compete otherwise. Even CPS is being privatized in some states which is wild to me. To put a profit motive on CPS can only result in more unnecessary case loads and innocent people fighting for rights to their children. The concept is wild to me.
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