Just days after the city proposed another rate increase, Baltimore’s Council President unveiled legislation that promises water bill affordability and accountability. The proposal will be taken up by the Council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee in the coming weeks
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The whole idea of having to pay for water is insane.
Bad idea. Why doesn't flat billing work? Maybe because its not flat billing. The city is in a lot of debt and it is squeezing the citizenry, but letting big corporations default without sanction.
Good thing is that these psychopaths are letting us know who they are. We know what to do, ex parte common law trials and execution squads
Estimate the property on average use ,if property uses more then extra tariff on over use applies,meter all properties and this would work.
Simple ,meter all users,the bigger/waste use per household then the tariff jumps to levels for over usage per household.
Was going to say 'Bet water supply is privatised' but I see someone has answered the question even before it was asked. 'Going to be dispursed to them…' so they have to pay first and wait to be reimbursed?
We need Gas, Electric and Internet bills tied to household income also, all that shit is going up multiple times a year now its disgraceful. Monopoly Capitalism lol. Take it all back into Public Ownership, its the only real solution.
The folks who should pay the piper for excessive water use are the upper middle class and rich with their lush green grass and big houses, businesses, and corporations, not the middle class and workin poor. Stop subsidizing businesses and rich folk off the backs of the working class.
Water war crimes of canada.
Damn, you have to give all that information for a fucking water bill? When did water change and get more expensive? Oh, the greedy corporations WANT MORE money despite giving Nestle and other companies access to fresh water for a minuscule cost that they don't even pay every year. Nestle in Michigan had a lapsed access to a fresh water aquifer for 10 years! So if the city/state owns the water then why is it getting expensive? Let's find the fucking leak first.
They'll just use it as a new way to give water to corporations like Nestle
Total BS!
Shifting the cost of water to the middle class is unfair. They like to pretend that the "rich" will be paying the bill but in truth it the middle class. A lot of middle class families are having a hard time, too. Bigger water bills will put more stress on the family budget.
Water bills can be lowered by adjusting the amount of water you use- shorter showers, turning off the water while you brush your teeth and only doing full loads of laundry. Water use can be dramatically reduced to make the bills affordable.
There's going to be a lot of stinky people walking around town.😱
water needs to be free… everywhere.
Need to help people on this issue
This is actually more brilliant (and productive) than even the Council understands. Why? Simple. "They" want "the people" (poor) to pay more for the water (and things they have)? Then make DAMN sure they can afford to. Yes, it's that simple, and this will force – even "them" – to understand this. This council has unwittingly set in motion a mechanism that can ONLY ultimately lead to exactly BOTH things happening: a) water costs more to more of the people, and b) more of the people can and will be able to afford it.
You have the formula, Bernie. Now fucking do it across America.
First they pollute the water source so you need a service to make it potable. Then they charge you for the service. Whomever ruined the water supply should flip the bill. The one thing that should have been treated like a Godsend should have been water.
It’s a tax on the middle class. Baltimore’s gross mismanagement of city funds spent on poverty pimp programs left nothing for the upkeep of infrastructure. They should start cutting social programs n repair roads, sewers, gas pipelines. Once again the middle class workers will pay more.. those that don’t work won’t. What incentive is there to improve your station in life? Why work anymore.. live off other people’s money.. till the working middle class is destroyed. Progressive Socialism 101.
Hey those in MD–if you think having to show up and have some government loafer review your income just to have access to water, you are not acting like an American, but one under a Soviet rule.
Water across the world flows God has given for free no man or companies have a right to charge for what God has given for free. These greedy globalist will pay for the crime they commit against humanity God sees their greed and power grab and he will repay for all they do.
How would they manage water waste? People think about waste more when they have to pay for it.
What a #humanrightsviolation! Why should anyone have to pay to live on this planet? Sounds like greed over need to me!