Nestle is Pumping Millions of Gallons from the Great Lakes for Free While Flint Pays For Poison

[Cheese Sandwich]

One of the most infuriating aspects of the Flint water crisis is that residents are not only still being charged for their poisoned water, but they’re being charged higher rates than almost anywhere in the country.

Residents continue to pay $864 a year for water that is making them sick, more than double what most Americans pay for water service. Flint’s water service charges total 7 percent of the average household income, compared to the United Nations recommendation of 3 percent.

“They’ve been using that money improperly for years to fund the general operations of the city,” said Valdemar L. Washington, who’s been fighting the excessive increases in court since 2012. “The city’s sewer fund had a balance of $36 million in 2006 but was running a $23-million deficit by 2012.”

Meanwhile, less than two hundred miles away, multi-billion dollar corporation Nestle has been pumping millions of gallons out of Lake Michigan for free. In fact, they receive 13 million dollars in tax breaks to do so.
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So not only do low income Flint residents technically pay more for Michigan water than Nestle, but now they’re also forced to buy bottled water from Nestle to stay alive. Flint residents are in the deplorable position of being forced to buy Michigan water from two different parties.
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http://usuncut.com/class-war/nestle-pumping-from-great-lakes-while-flint-pays-for-poison/


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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. EVERY time I see the name Nestle, I know it's bad news for ordinary citizens.

What they're doing may be legal, but it's certainly unethical, and highly immoral.

I've been boycotting them forever, and it's getting harder as they buy up more and more small industries.

It's infuriating.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. They're just in it for the money. Amoral for sure.

I want to boycott everything it all seems pretty rotten.

[Travis_0004]

2. Nestlie is not using flints water pipelines

Of course they are not paying for it, because they are not taking from Flints pipes.

[d_legendary1]

4. The same Nestle that was pumping water out of California during the drought?

I think we need to elect officials who are willing to put people in jail for selling away our commons.

[olddots]

5. Nestles is the worst corporation in the world and has been

for the longest time . Learning about them will depress you almost to the point of giving up ,but we can't give up .