The states slip in all kinds of tax hikes and fees for everything and will be soon charging $600 fines for giving away plastic straws (CA) etc to pay the pensions. The utilities goes along as the ceo gets $20 million salary. Example in Calif the DWP utility illegally sends excess money to the city of Los Angeles.
DWP settlement lets the ratepayer robbery continue
https://www.dailynews.com/2017/06/13/dwp-settlement-lets-the-ratepayer-robbery-continue-susan-shelley/
Meanwhile they raise their rates.
The reason that the gov’t types want illegals is to shore up social security as they steal all the money since the 1960’s and use it for everything else. The ponzi scheme is collapsing so they need more people paying in.
Coming Tax Hikes For Government Pensions, How Much Will You Pay?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2016/07/22/coming-tax-hikes-for-government-pensions-how-much-will-you-pay/#66253e07b429
It is pensions pensions pensions.
MB,
Domestic water providers in Colorado are not State owned or operated, thus not participants to the State pension system.
I don’t know how plastic straw fees and fines have anything to do with your first statement, “The power and water rates are paying for the gov’t pensions”.
Regards,
TFI