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‘We are hiding out with no water’: Detroit privatizers deny poor people their right to water
The San Francisco Bay View - A National Black Newspaper ^
| June 28, 2014
| Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, Poor News Network
Posted on 06/28/2014 5:50:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: SgtBob
I doubt Detroit well or river water is safe to drink.
What if your local water became polluted, the sole municipality kept increasing your rates and you did not have the means to leave (because nobody wants to buy your polluted property in a dying area)? That is basically what happened in Detroit.
I’m having very good luck. I just believe people should be held responsible for stepping on the freedoms of others. The polluters and government agents who allowed it are responsible for the lack of natural drinking water. Water is as essential and natural as air and must remain available as it did in nature.
To: berdie
Anywhere with clean well, river or lake water. Water exists in nature just like air.
That is true for most of the country and was true of Detroit before pollution.
To: Vigilanteman
“Maybe she didn’t buy that TV, her son looted it for her. :->”
Maybe she got it at one of those “rent to own” rip-off joints. You know, only $27 a week for five years.
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:05:52 AM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Do you know how many free or very low cost education, training, apprenticeship and vocational programs there are in this country for low income individuals?”
According to a recent study, 100% of the job growth since 2000 went to immigrants, legal and illegal.
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:07:30 AM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: dsc
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:11:33 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: varyouga; SgtBob
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:17:12 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
“What about the basic human right to not be raped by UN Peacekeepers?”
I think UN Peacekeepers might be out of their league in Detroit.
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:19:45 AM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“That might be, but there are plenty of good jobs here:
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=&l=76208"
The word “plenty” gives me pause. I would ask the number of applicants and the number of jobs.
If there are more applicants than jobs, I would ask how the various demographics are faring. By the time you get to straight white men, disabled, sick, and in their sixties, there might not be what you would call a “plethora” of opportunities.
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:33:30 AM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: kelly4c
I'm not saying poverty is funny, but the article is. And the gravity of the situation very much depends on whether you are "alone," or have others to take care of, especially children.
I lived on the street for a period of time, by choice. It was an eye opener. I didn't have much worry, and happiness is a state of mind. It's very different when one is supporting a household, and income doesn't go far enough to make ends meet. That's my current condition - not poverty, but worry, worry, worry.
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06/29/2014 2:54:17 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Darksheare
I notice how they gloss over the nonpayment of utilities portion to shriek and propagandize about those same utilities being shut off.And they use the phrase, "Some for as little as...". One must wonder what the average debt/time without paying is ....
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posted on
06/29/2014 3:26:02 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It was OK to cut off the water when the Democrat-controlled GOVERNMENT did it.
To: trebb
Yeah.
And in their minds, they have a right to not pay.
They never heard of “TANSTAAFL”.
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posted on
06/29/2014 3:35:25 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: varyouga
What if your local water became polluted, the sole municipality kept increasing your rates and you did not have the means to leave (because nobody wants to buy your polluted property in a dying area)? That is basically what happened in Detroit.
Pollution is a natural result of having huge masses of people living in one place. To some extent the same is true in every large city in the country. After all, people in NY, LA, Chicago or Dallas don't have individual wells for a reason.
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posted on
06/29/2014 3:43:52 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Darksheare
I wonder if they were able to pay their cable TV bill.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:06:08 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:09:39 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Link them.
If you are able to pay for cable TV and not water, then cut it off. Let’s see what the UN says then.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:16:09 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: BunnySlippers
Such thinking is too complicated and advanced for some.
And probably considered “rasis” in the lib mindset.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:19:59 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
No doubt.
My next idea is to turn on a public spigot. Homes will be provided with 2 buckets to transport the water back home.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:33:43 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Detroit River is large enough to allow ocean going vessels to pass through. I don’t know how potable it is, but it costs money to bring it up to first world standards. The author either does not know or does not care about this.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:35:25 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“RIGHTS”, “RIGHTS”, “RIGHTS”. It is my God given RIGHT to use utilities and NOT Pay for them! At some point, Detroit will either sink into the muck or juts stand as an edifice (for future archaeologists) to a once productive power house gone broke due to every vice known to Man.
I grew up there but when you don't feel safe going to a sports event, it's all over for any city.
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posted on
06/29/2014 4:40:33 AM PDT
by
Netz
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