ext_360878 ([identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2013-06-26 06:27 am (UTC)

Third world problems don't apply to the US

You'd be surprised.

why should they, they have rivers and stuff were they can get free

The ignorance radiating from this statement is mind boggling. A megapolis of many millions should rely on how many rivers, now? Rivers that have been polluted by the private mining industry, by the way.

Access to clean fresh water is of paramount importance for life. Access to electricity, not so much. Sure, water should be paid for when using the water-delivery infrastructure. But monopolist practices pushing prices to unbearable levels should be countered with regulation.

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