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UN experts: Detroit should restore water to poor
Associated Press ^ | Oct 20, 2014 6:28 PM EDT | Jeff Karoub

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detroit; globalagenda; michigan; racebaiting; un; watersupply
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To: ThunderSleeps

I prefer an ocean view myself.


21 posted on 10/20/2014 9:39:49 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Olog-hai

Organize a rain dance.


22 posted on 10/20/2014 9:40:56 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Olog-hai

Do these idiots receive a salary? If so, why? If they are truly concerned about the poor, they should be volunteers. The money paid as salaries should go directly to pay for the water and other services for the poor.

These people sound like typical bureaucrats, seeking to justify their existence.

BTW, what business do these people have going to Detroit in the first place?


23 posted on 10/20/2014 9:42:20 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Olog-hai
The United Nations always wants someone to pay its bills too.


24 posted on 10/20/2014 9:44:41 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s cold in Detroit, too. Who’s going to pay the heating bill? In NY I know people that keep the heat at 80 because the state pays it, whereas I pay $600 a month in January and February.


25 posted on 10/20/2014 9:46:47 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: faithhopecharity
What often happens is people spending the money we give them on other things - letting boring utility bills go I paid.

Hmmmm...pay the water bill or get a new tattoo

26 posted on 10/20/2014 9:48:36 PM PDT by gasport (Will you children please close the damn door?)
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t socialism sweet?


27 posted on 10/20/2014 9:49:33 PM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: Lurker

Denying people water? I’m all for people pulling their weight, but water? That makes no sense. We aren’t talking about landscaping and golf courses. Water to drink and wash should never be denied to people, money or no money.


28 posted on 10/20/2014 9:50:35 PM PDT by reardensteel
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To: gasport

or they spend it on expensive new tennis shoes, or on booze or drugs or new electronics toys

point being, the dole is very generous nowadays and water is still fairly cheap

I was helping a nice lady try to study to get a job, and get off welfare. she was in the Detroit area, too, and she got lots of welfare incomes of various kinds....but she frequently spent her various welfare on other things, leaving her utilities unpaid. I paid them for her several times, then finally told her she had to be more responsible and pay for her necessities first....

I bet almost all the people who aren’t paying their water bill in Detroit are similar.....


29 posted on 10/20/2014 9:55:45 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..) u)
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To: Lurker
It’s called “paying your bills”. Look into it.

You understand, of course, that we're talking about the UN?

30 posted on 10/20/2014 10:00:22 PM PDT by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: gasport

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31 posted on 10/20/2014 10:00:44 PM PDT by gasport (Will you children please close the damn door?)
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To: reardensteel
Water to drink and wash should never be denied to people, money or no money...

Why don't you explain what you think the word "denied" means...and while you're at it, ponder what the character referred to in your posting handle would think about that.

32 posted on 10/20/2014 10:03:26 PM PDT by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: Olog-hai

OK. Cancel your cell phone plan, cable television, sell your car and ride the bus, and cook your meals at home. Then we’ll talk about taking those savings and applying them to pay your water bill, and putting what’s left over in the bank.


33 posted on 10/20/2014 10:04:58 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Olog-hai
Send a truck with untreated Detroit river water to neighborhoods on a union work schedule. Fill any buckets (residents have to supply the buckets) they bring out with water. First come first served. Better service than most of the UN nations have. You get what you pay for. You want clean water, in the pipes, you pay. Want third world pricing, take third world quality.

Detroit had 5 cholera epidemics in the 1800s until its doubtless then very white population paid to fix that. Its new majority doesn't want to pay and hasn't had its fair share of Detroit history.

34 posted on 10/20/2014 10:05:29 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: MacMattico

What about the cell phone bill? Who’s paying?

And the rent? Anyone, anyone?


35 posted on 10/20/2014 10:06:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Lurker
It’s called “paying your bills”. Look into it.
Cutting back on crap you really don't need like cable TV would be a good start!
36 posted on 10/20/2014 10:10:25 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: LukeL
Water is about $3.00 per 1,000 gallons and that is the high end for price. I don’t see how a person cannot afford water at that price.
THATS RACIST!! Besides, its Bush's fault!
37 posted on 10/20/2014 10:15:38 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: reardensteel

So all the folks who work to maintain the infrastructure and supply the water should work for free?


38 posted on 10/20/2014 10:26:09 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: reardensteel

“Water to drink and wash should never be denied to people, money or no money.”

Horse pucky!! You must be a DU lurker! Just look at the drop in the numbers of deadbeats when they had their water turned off initially. That stat alone tells you that most of them simply wanted to stiff their fellow citizens so they could spend their money on more $hit they wanted, rather than be responsible citizens and cover their living expenses first!
We should start now to end the dependency of the Welfare State. I submit that the “poor” are poor because they want the rest of us to just take care of them. I for one, am really tired of it. If this bothers you so much, why don’t you make an additional contribution to Detroit’s “poor.”
We can and should take care of the truly indigent, but their number is vastly lower than the actual number of layabouts we “support” with our tax dollars.


39 posted on 10/20/2014 10:28:07 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Olog-hai
Doesn't a river run through it? Their ancestors knew what to do.


40 posted on 10/20/2014 10:36:03 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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