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Blackout in Florida - don’t sell important infrastructure to greedy companies

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My dear Americans: are you sure that your country’s infrastructure is oke? Seems like you should spend more money on improving your electricity grid. It has been known for some time that most parts of the grid are in a bad shape.

Change? Make power companies invest more in the grids they own instead of giving all the money to it’s stockholders. Electricity is way to essential to leave it in the greedy hands of corporations.

Even here in Germany some electricity grids are in bad shape, because they have been privatized and neglected by big ass companies.

Water, Sewers, Electricity, Streets, Rail, Telephones and Internet access - all these components of modern life have been sold in many countries to private companies. And all the promises of cheaper pricesses, better service and constant innovation haven’t been fulfilled. But these companies ALL made huge profits.

Public necessities should stay in public hands. 

orangeguru (02-28 18:04) | Permalink
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4 responses to:
'Blackout in Florida - don’t sell important infrastructure to greedy companies'

Ani

Hm. How very interesting.
Our (South African) electricity grids are in a bad state because it’s owned by the government.

There must be another solution.

@Ani: Thanks for your comment. I didn’t mean to say that Government controll immediatly gurantees better grids - but here in Europe there was a HUGE privatization boom and that mantra that private companies will prevent blackouts etc. from happening.

Without regulation, greed triumphs.

The “no taxes” war cry insures that governmental run programs get less and less per capita funding each year.

@Judi: People always forget that the public needs public institutions o server the public. And these need public money - otherwise they are forced to cut back on services or the get the money by raising prices.

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