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Propaganda

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It will behoove the city of Los Angeles to fix this. And it will be easy for them because I am a Los Angeles resident. This is a public utility. If I have private water, they might be like, uh, how much money does that neighborhood give us? You know, if we fix the water up there in Palos Verdes, you know what I'm saying? Like, we got to talk to them because they, you know what I mean?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It will behoove the city of Los Angeles to fix this. And it will be easy for them because I am a Los Angeles resident. This is a public utility. If I have private water, they might be like, uh, how much money does that neighborhood give us? You know, if we fix the water up there in Palos Verdes, you know what I'm saying? Like, we got to talk to them because they, you know what I mean?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

They kind of give us the bread. So they're not incentivized necessarily to fix my infrastructure, right? And then the customer service focus, right? Public utilities often focus more on customer satisfaction and addressing community complaints, while private entities have profit motives. I mean, I don't know what else I need to explain to y'all, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

They kind of give us the bread. So they're not incentivized necessarily to fix my infrastructure, right? And then the customer service focus, right? Public utilities often focus more on customer satisfaction and addressing community complaints, while private entities have profit motives. I mean, I don't know what else I need to explain to y'all, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

They kind of give us the bread. So they're not incentivized necessarily to fix my infrastructure, right? And then the customer service focus, right? Public utilities often focus more on customer satisfaction and addressing community complaints, while private entities have profit motives. I mean, I don't know what else I need to explain to y'all, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, let me show you how this works and what the allure is for a public city council to make this decision. Are y'all here to more perfect union? It's another one of those, uh, podcast folks. It just got more money than us. They able to produce things that we had bred. We will produce.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, let me show you how this works and what the allure is for a public city council to make this decision. Are y'all here to more perfect union? It's another one of those, uh, podcast folks. It just got more money than us. They able to produce things that we had bred. We will produce.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, let me show you how this works and what the allure is for a public city council to make this decision. Are y'all here to more perfect union? It's another one of those, uh, podcast folks. It just got more money than us. They able to produce things that we had bred. We will produce.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Anyway, they did one about investor owned water companies and how they lobby to give them the contract to run their sewage and water. Right. And it's a super dope, super dope study. It's a good like focus study to show like as sort of an example of how it could happen anywhere. And they focus this one study on this city in Pennsylvania. Right.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Anyway, they did one about investor owned water companies and how they lobby to give them the contract to run their sewage and water. Right. And it's a super dope, super dope study. It's a good like focus study to show like as sort of an example of how it could happen anywhere. And they focus this one study on this city in Pennsylvania. Right.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Anyway, they did one about investor owned water companies and how they lobby to give them the contract to run their sewage and water. Right. And it's a super dope, super dope study. It's a good like focus study to show like as sort of an example of how it could happen anywhere. And they focus this one study on this city in Pennsylvania. Right.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

And here's the ill part about all of this is that how would you know this is happening? I mean, are you really looking at the logo on your water bill? I mean, no, you just like looking at the costs, right? And hoping that it don't be that much. Now, again, if you rent an apartment, I don't know what utilities you got to cover, right? Let's say you are renting an apartment.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

And here's the ill part about all of this is that how would you know this is happening? I mean, are you really looking at the logo on your water bill? I mean, no, you just like looking at the costs, right? And hoping that it don't be that much. Now, again, if you rent an apartment, I don't know what utilities you got to cover, right? Let's say you are renting an apartment.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

And here's the ill part about all of this is that how would you know this is happening? I mean, are you really looking at the logo on your water bill? I mean, no, you just like looking at the costs, right? And hoping that it don't be that much. Now, again, if you rent an apartment, I don't know what utilities you got to cover, right? Let's say you are renting an apartment.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You know what I'm saying? Like a lot of times your utilities, it's like, they cover water and gas, you cover electricity and internet. And then whatever it is, I'm not thinking about who the company is. I'm just like paying the bill. But if one day your bill triple, I mean, who do you call? You're like, I haven't used more water. I don't understand why it costs more now. You might call the city.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You know what I'm saying? Like a lot of times your utilities, it's like, they cover water and gas, you cover electricity and internet. And then whatever it is, I'm not thinking about who the company is. I'm just like paying the bill. But if one day your bill triple, I mean, who do you call? You're like, I haven't used more water. I don't understand why it costs more now. You might call the city.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You know what I'm saying? Like a lot of times your utilities, it's like, they cover water and gas, you cover electricity and internet. And then whatever it is, I'm not thinking about who the company is. I'm just like paying the bill. But if one day your bill triple, I mean, who do you call? You're like, I haven't used more water. I don't understand why it costs more now. You might call the city.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

The city's like, oh, we don't even run the water no more. And that's exactly what happened. So in 2020, in New Garden, Pennsylvania, they sold their water to, get this, Agua, Pennsylvania. Yeah. jerks, a subsidiary of Essential Utilities. And they sold their water for $30 million.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

The city's like, oh, we don't even run the water no more. And that's exactly what happened. So in 2020, in New Garden, Pennsylvania, they sold their water to, get this, Agua, Pennsylvania. Yeah. jerks, a subsidiary of Essential Utilities. And they sold their water for $30 million.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

The city's like, oh, we don't even run the water no more. And that's exactly what happened. So in 2020, in New Garden, Pennsylvania, they sold their water to, get this, Agua, Pennsylvania. Yeah. jerks, a subsidiary of Essential Utilities. And they sold their water for $30 million.