Free Market Fanaticism

What next, big damned plastic bubbles over our homes with metered air supply? "I'm sorry Ms. Smith, but you're three months in arrears on your O2 bill...if we don't get a payment today, we'll have to suspend service. What? How will you breathe? Well, you should have considered that before you let yourself get so far behind..."

Pressure turned up in the war on water | Chicago Tribune

For many towns across the country, it once seemed like a good idea to have municipal water utilities in the hands of private companies.

Now, bristling against skyrocketing rates, spotty service and foreign ownership, a number of towns across Illinois and the U.S. are waging fierce battles to regain control of their drinking water. A host of them are fighting a German conglomerate that has snapped up more than 1,800 American water utilities.