It should be illegal for Utilities to become for-profit. They should either be government run or non-profit, but only in the business to provide a needed service and NOT to make money.
For clarity: By ‘Utilities’, I mean items for which local residents have little or no choice in the provider (power/electric lines, water/sewer lines, hospitals) AND which either are or are nearly essential for modern living (it’d be hard to get a job without it, OR social services might take your kids if you don’t provide the item).
In this day and age, the ISP should also be on the list of things classified as “utilities” - it’s getting harder and harder to do anything useful without the internet. It’s become an essential service.
The governments treatment of ISPs has made other industries reconsider how they do business. Utilities as we know them will be going away soon. How long before USPS is sold?
I’m shocked DeJoy hasn’t managed to already.
It’s because he’d have to face the Letter Carriers union, in an organized labor market that has gotten extremely militant with strike culture
USPS fan here. BIG time fan.
There will be riots in the streets before the postal service is privatized. Who will go for that?
Democrats don’t want it. Country Republican voters would be outraged in minutes if their service was cut off or the price spiked. Those voters will notice fast. And they’ll take note faster than city people. LOL, their mailperson may be the one government official they know personally, and count on.
We’re talking about a gigantic federal agency, gigantic. The USPS is simply too important to be fucked with. Anymore than we have already…
normally I’d completely agree with you… but… DeJoy has been hatefucking the USPS for 4 years and we can’t seem to get rid of him - conservatives or libs. so…
I dunno what the fuck to do, I just know nothing so far has worked.
OMG that motherfucker needs a SPECIAL DELIVERY.
we can’t seem to get rid of him
Yes, its crazy how a pair of Presidents that seem to viscerally hate public services can’t seem to get rid of a guy who is dismantling one of our largest.
Trump shat on everything he touched so that’s easy enough; where do you see Biden ’ viscerally hate public services '? fucker rode amtrak for decades.
come on provide examples of your premise because this smacks of bullllshiiiit.
fucker rode amtrak for decades.
And yet he was behind Obama’s federal policy of expanding for-profit charter schools, particularly in low income neighborhoods, at the expense of public school funding. He backed USPS Reforms that have kicked off even more layoffs and cuts than under Trump. He’s further privatizing Medicare, transferring tens of billions in health care spending to private equity balance sheets.
The only public sector service Biden seems to like, other than Amtrak (which is getting is own privatization push regardless), are cops. Motherfucker loves throwing more money at the police.
『Bolshevik chorus swells』
SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION! WE HAVE NOTHING TO L—mph! mmmpmmmph! mmmlmmmpmmmph!
『is carried off by well dressed industrialist goons』
I actually work at CenterPoint on the electric side. We all hate the execs just as much as all our customers. I wish the union would cover more than just linemen.
Why do you hate the customers 😆
Can you not approach the union and look to expand who they cover? I can’t see why they would reject having a larger membership.
This is bad news - hedge funds buy profitable businesses and immediately go to work cutting back services to pay the purchase cost down faster. Expect less customer service, less options, and higher bills incoming.
Kill your elders. (Not really)
There’s no solution to this, and time is just a salve. Call me slightly pessimistic, but I think the only thing that’ll ultimately bring about any change is a decimating thermonuclear war.
I’m certain they’ll lower prices, improve customer service, and invest in clean energy initiatives.
Seriously though, I’m part of an electric co-op with a utility manager that has been arrested for dui, convicted of beating his ex-wife, and on top of that stuff he used to flip me the bird every time he drove past our house simply because I had to call the Public Service Commission to get the utility to trim the tree above the power lines. I still wouldn’t take a private equity firm though.
I would never consider doing business with a morally bankrupt monster like that. Your utility manager on the other hand sounds like an interesting fellow.
Heat pump water heater and HVAC. Induction range. Plug the gas line.
