Gothamist: New Yorkers' Wallets to Get Water Boarded

GM

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:30:59 -0500

Wow. Your landlord pays less than two dollars per 1000 gallons. Stop whining and start using more deodorant. And steven, I take offense to the idea that our government spends our money on garbage junk. From our $250 million dollar ea F-22 fighter jets to our $2 billion dollar water filtrations plants, we only get the best in the great US of A. Love or leave it baby.

edgar

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:59:29 -0500

TKaisen, the amount of water you need to survive would cost you less than a nickel a day. If water were completely free, people would waste a lot more of it watering their lawns or filling their pools, etcetera. Then there wouldn't be enough to go around, and it would wreak havoc on the watershed. If you don't have an incentive not to waste, you won't. It's called the "tragedy of the commons."

Steven

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:40:52 -0500

Kissel. We need a complete cleaning of our government. From the federal level straight down to the city. There is plenty of money to go around. The problem is our government chooses to waste it on garbage junk.

TKaisen

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:32:18 -0500

Shouldn't it be illegal to charge for the one basic necessity of life?

kissel

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:43:38 -0500

btw... the other pattern is corruption, waste, poor decision making, and a feeling that democracy doesn't mean listening to constituents but forcing them to bow to your will, but that kind of fits with the #1.

kissel

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:35:22 -0500

do you notice a pattern lately to the stories about state and city gov't. basically it goes like this - tax the hell out of your residents so that only the subsidized poor or the incredibly wealthy can afford to be here. it's no wonder so many people and businesses simply leave and so many of the middle feel so squeezed. we really need a house cleaning of both the city democrats who feel they are so safe and can do what they want, and both parties at the state level... or you will continue to feel someone's hands reaching for your wallet... and it will cost you a hell of a lot more than a simple mugging.