‘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

[cripplecreek]

Pay your bill.

[Darksheare]

I notice how they gloss over the nonpayment of utilities portion to shriek and propagandize about those same utilities being shut off.

[Jack Hydrazine]

When did water become a right? Where is that protected in the Constitution?

[Jonty30]

Not even government monopolies can afford to run when people aren’t paying their bills.

[luvbach1]

What isn’t a human right to a liberal?

[EEGator]

What is Morgan Freeman doing there?

[EEGator]

Christianity, gun ownership, White males, etc...

[OldSmaj]

...getting their water shut off – for owing as little as $150 or two months in bills.

Dayum!

My water company will shut off at 10 days.

Period.

But I don't worry...I pay my bill, you bunch of freeloading gibsmedats!

[Louis Foxwell]

Apparently water is not a priority for these folk. I wonder what is? They receive more than $500. weekly in gov benefits. I guess they figure that money should be used for nice things instead of plain ole water. They should get their water free because it’s just water.

[Army Air Corps]

Don’t you just love Agitprop?

[OldSmaj]

What the hell is a “skola”?

[21twelve]

I don’t know, but he sure has nice handwriting!

[School of Rational Thought]

When an organization does not meaningfully collect debts owed, the debtor base is being educated not to expect having to pay that debt.

The customer base needs to be reeducated.

In past circumstances, new programs have to be vetted by all stakeholders, focus groups need to be used, a media campaign needs to launch, ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS MUST BE AFFECTED.

[Rudolphus]

Wowsers I read this then went back and looked for the sarcasm tag.

[digger48]

"How am I supposed to pay these bills?"

[cripplecreek]

I read something the other day about a group of investors who said they can bring the cost back in line with the median rate of $40 to $45 but the department must eliminate the debt first. They say sliding scales and metering for individual usage are also options.

The people will be better off.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Go to the link and read the similar article underneath it.

[Still Thinking]

Every week, as some 3,000 additional families’ water is shut off by their “public” utility, Detroiters protest on Freedom Friday.

Apparently, in these people's "minds", "public" is synonymous with "free".