Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 10/20/2014 9:07:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
United Nations human rights experts described Detroit’s mass water shut-offs as “a man-made perfect storm” Monday and called on city officials to restore water to those unable to pay, including those with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Meanwhile, Detroit’s officials said the two lawyers’ actions and conclusions were agenda-driven and not based on “facts” about the city’s progress in helping residents keep or regain service.
Leilani Farha and Catarina de Albuquerque, who were in town to observe the effect of water service shut-offs, said they affect the poorest and most vulnerable—and particularly discriminate against Detroit’s majority black population. …
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Time to send the UN packing.
I am all for it and let the UN foot the bill, without the involvement of our tax Dollars. Let’s face it, there never was or ever will be any cure for stupidity, this includes socialism as well as some religions which thrive on creating mayhem instead of better understanding.
HA! Free enterprise, obligation of contract, rule of law, morality: man digs a well, sells water at half the price of captive muni water.
Detroit....no one digs a well cuz he’ll be killed, people will take water.
Don’t forget free breed. The poor must have their grub.
Oops... I meant free bread.
Free water, free bread, free bicycles, free housing and free health care.
The perfect Obamaworld storm. What more can you ask for?
Its reparations, y’all understand. Poor black folks screwed over by eevil Whitey.
Here’s his chance to make amends. The UN’s push is pure race-baiting, jingoism, and appeals to white guilt.
Which I thought was already healed in this country by Obama. Silly me.
And ‘they’ should give them free housing vouchers, free food, free electricity, free medical care, free phones, a government that looks just like them.....Oh wait.
“OK. Cancel your cell phone plan, cable television, . . .”
Likely the cell phone and cable bills are already covered by a government program.
“OK. Cancel your cell phone plan, cable television, sell your car and ride the bus”
Everybody who pays a phone bill pays for free cell phones for low income people, Life Line/Obamaphone offers free phone and 250 minutes (500 minutes first 4 months) and offers unlimited minutes and texts for an additional $30 a month, so they can chat on the phone all day.
Comcast cable offers low cost internet and computers to the poor. http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/10/15/comcast-foundations-others-help-low-income-families-connect-to-the-web/
Set up a town pump and let them haul their buckets.
You forgot the sarcasm tag! if not change your name, and go away.
They think they’re the world government and are eager to micromanage the globe.
I can tell that the woman carrying those jugs does not spend a lot of time sitting on the couch watching “Judge Judy” shows on weekday afternoons, eating platefull after and platefull of SNAP treats.
Maybe THAT’s the answer - form a bucket brigade from the Detroit River and carry nice fresh Canadian snowmelt water up into the housing and projects of fine Detroit neighborhoods. The locals lose weight, the water gets delivered. They could set up TV’s along the bucket route if going without all-day “entertainment” would be asking too much.
Hand out free buckets....there is this huge lake down the road....
As much as you can carry is free....
The vast number of these people are not being denied water....
They simply need to pay their water bills...
If truly disabled or ill they can make exceptions...or give them a break...
Probably under 5 % of the parasites are in that situation....
Isnt it true that without the USA...the UN...would be UN_FUNDED??
It would certainly be well underfunded.
A while back I saw Nigel Farage talking about NATO and the fact that the USA picks up some 30% of the tab with Great Britain close to 20% and all others just a couple percent. He did point out that some of the nations don’t have the money but are very solid allies (Poland) as opposed to nations like Turkey who are all take and no give.
Thanks for the ping. UNaccountable bureaucrats (socialists) redistributing? Go figure. Detroit needs a water czar. /sarc
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