Re: Progressivity of Water Costs

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:17:19 -0700, MichaelNJ wrote:

> On Mar 16, 9:55 pm, BretCah...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> If you use a little, you pay a little.
>>
>> Use a lot and you pay dispro****tionately more.
>>
>> Bret Cahill
> 
> Why?  Are you claiming that there is only a limited supply of water in
> the world?

Well......  It could be because there is a "limited supply of water in the
world".

> 
> If an area is facing a water shortage, implementing draconian measures
> to punish user (which is the easy way out for authorities) they should
> be concentrating on fixing the supply problem.

True enough....

> I just love it when people start blaming the environment or something
> else for their own incompetence.
> 
> Sure bad things can happen that can cause a tem****ary disruption in
> supply of a commonly needed resource, but a good leader(s) would be
> prepared for such events and mitigate the impact of such events.

That would be Democrats, of course, in that Republicans simply do not
believe that representative government is capable of anything whatsoever.

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