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A New Jersey bid to privatize water without public votes
A bill that would allow New Jersey municipalities to sell their public water utilities to private, for-profit corporations without putting the measure to voters is awaiting Gov. Chris Christie’s signature. Until now, any municipality in New Jersey that sought to sell off its water system to a private bidder had to hold a public vote. But a bill passed with bipartisan support by the state’s Senate last week would allow municipalities with aging and deteriorating...
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This is so disgusting,but so pathetically typical. Eventually a few big corporations will own everything on this earth and will price gouge all of humanity.