I remember when the Army Corps of Engineers would routinely get involved to fix our bridges.
Richard Conrad [email protected] On Jan 29, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I didn't know about this privatization of our bridges. Did anyone? > > We can be sure there are many more public infrastructures being secretly > targeted in PA. > > http://truth-out.org/news/item/21513-the-stealth-privatization-of-pennsylvanias-bridges > > > > Excellent overview of privatization also at Truthout.org > > http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21466-costs-of-privatization-hidden-in-plain-sight > > > The discussions of privatization usually do a good job explaining the hidden > traps to raid the public treasury in the future. But the inevitable decline > of services and huge rises in fees also need to be highlighted. > > The public is always told the opposite of the truth, when the political class > demands the corporate privatization agenda. When I was in Chicago at the > beginning of the privatized street parking, I had to pay $36 for less than 8 > hours of overnight street parking! > > Sometimes the fee rising is accomplished like on other corporate bills. If > you think you will pay $39, you get a bill for $79 with a list of a dozen > previously undisclosed undefined fees. When you complain, you are told that > you were stupid and should have read the thousand pages of fine print, which > they always downplay before the contract is signed. Another way to raise > fees is to simply make you pay the fee more often. > > There is a supreme universal law of privatization, that will always hit at a > later time. Service will always go rapidly down, and fees will always > rapidly increase whenever public utilities become a privatized monopoly. > Monopolies of essential infrastructure provide unlimited opportunities for > profit maximization! The Bolivian revolution erupted when many communities > paid half of their meager incomes for drinking water. > > So regressive taxes will always be increased because of privatization > contracts. And taxpayers will be hit on the other end too, with poorer > service and increased user fees. How will it effect lower class children, > for example, when borrowing a library book about democracy will cost a $5 > rental fee? > > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named > "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see .
