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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Free Water
by West Virginia Rebel

Incredibly, there’s one area where the Brits don’t believe in Government control (Hat tip: Reason.):

It is one of the great ironies of America. In the most capitalist, free-market nation in the world, most citizens receive their water and wastewater services from government entities. Contrast this with the United Kingdom, where almost all water services are provided by private systems.

While more than half of drinking water utilities in the United States are privately owned (National Association of Water Companies, 2008), they provide only 13 percent of Americans with their drinking water. And about 3 percent of Americans get wastewater services from the 20 percent of wastewater utilities that are privately owned.

Who says we don’t have enough socialism in America?

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 03/29/08 at 05:25 PM in Politics  • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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