[Aliska]

Water should be a right like the air we breathe. Problem is it costs to create the infrastructure to pipe clean water into every household, pay for the employees who are in charge of the water treatment, broken sewer lines, etc.

Somebody has to pay for all that. If they are jacking up the price, then that's just plain wrong. So the only solution is to have pumps every couple blocks and people carry their water in buckets to and from.

Wouldn't that be awful, especially in winter? I saw a small town in Russia where most have water to the house but some still had to carry from the pump.

There should be something they could do. Water is one thing I never heard they had assistance for. Maybe below a certain income level they should have it paid for by grants or something.

The alternatives are too draconian. Have your kids snatched and living in unsanitary conditions, a public health hazard.

[SgtBob]

Water is not a right.
Housing is not a right.
Sustenance is not a right.
Clothing is not a right.
Electricity is not a right.

Not quite getting what you mean by “Water should be a right like the air we breathe.”. Use of air is involuntary...it’s a condition of being an aerobic organism.

If you want water, you work for it; you tote it by the pail, you dig a well, and retrieve it from the ground, or you work for money, or barter, to pay an entity to pipe it to your home.

[Rannug]

They should pay their gd bills and STFU.

[JoeFromSidney]

I saw a small town in Russia where most have water to the house but some still had to carry from the pump.

I saw the same thing in Istanbul. Most apartments and homes have water, but still there were people lining up with buckets every day at municipal water points. No charge for filling your container, but you have to get it home by wheelbarrow or some other way.