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Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
2. We already have some forms of "socialism"...public drinking water" and my running water
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 05:46 PM
Jun 2021

in my home is provided by the city government at a very low cost, and our city ..."SKOKIE ILLINOIS"
buys it from ...EVANSTON ILLINOIS....and Evanston gets the water from Lake Michigan...After getting
the water from the lake (Evanston borders on the lake)...Evanston purifies the water, then sells it
to SKOKIE ILLINOIS.. which borders on Evanston...at a very low rate, and then Skokie takes some
of it and passes it on to the next suburb over...Morton Grove...

....Now the fee that can be added to the cost of the water by cities like Skokie and Evanston are
controlled by the State of Illinois...so no one city can price gouge another city in selling drinking and
washing water...(it all goes for the same low price..)..and yes...Lake Michigan has a lot of water to
give..
....just in case you have never seen one of the ...Great Lakes...take a look on the internet...and
yes, these are regular water lakes...with NO SALT WATER IN THEM...

Preach it to the choir, Baby RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2021 #1
We already have some forms of "socialism"...public drinking water" and my running water Stuart G Jun 2021 #2
The water level of Lake Michigan LittleGirl Jun 2021 #48
Southern shores (New Buffalo, Michigan City) also very high Moostache Jun 2021 #53
Yup, all that is gone. LittleGirl Jun 2021 #54
Kickin' Faux pas Jun 2021 #3
Cool beans. Nevilledog Jun 2021 #4
Lol Faux pas Jun 2021 #5
Another form of........"Socialism".......free public education k - 12 grade... Stuart G Jun 2021 #6
It used to be that the rich got all the advantages and nobody complained FakeNoose Jun 2021 #7
What crisis? Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #8
Amen Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #9
This is excellent malaise Jun 2021 #10
Exactly, and it's only going to get worse from here. Much, much, much worse. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #11
Why do we have to rehab the word "socialist" when it was used by the Nazis, pnwmom Jun 2021 #12
TBH, I don't know more than a couple of people who consider themselves socialist. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #15
AOC and Bernie, for example. nt pnwmom Jun 2021 #20
I don't think people are insisting on that label. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #16
Tell that to Bernie and his supporters. pnwmom Jun 2021 #24
Words like socialism get a lot of shorts in a bunch here in the God Ol' U S of A. Progressive Jones Jun 2021 #17
Right. So why brand ourselves with a term that doesn't exactly mean what we intend pnwmom Jun 2021 #21
Who is this WE? If I were to believe your post as 100% truth, I would think that Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #22
Many Democrats use the word "socialism" to describe Democratic policies pnwmom Jun 2021 #23
We should stop feeding into the meme that socialism is bad Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #28
I disagree. We should stop branding ourselves with a term that doesn't express our real policies pnwmom Jun 2021 #30
There you go again with the WE keep branding ourselves with the Socialist term. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #38
"the means of production are socially and collectively owned or controlled" luvtheGWN Jun 2021 #41
You're making my point. Canada, the UK, Scandinavia etc. are not socialist. pnwmom Jun 2021 #46
There are a lot of words that have been perverted by the media from what Webster says DFW Jun 2021 #33
The word got a bad rap when it was recognized as the policy of Hitler & Mussolini. That's changing napi21 Jun 2021 #31
As I've heard it and read it, when Hitler and his and his freaks started up their "NAZI" party, Progressive Jones Jun 2021 #32
Still, there is no word shortage. So there's NO need to try to rehab that word. pnwmom Jun 2021 #34
Your last 2 sentences should be broadcast loudly oldsoftie Jun 2021 #36
The wealthiest Americans really mismanage their trickle. nt Baked Potato Jun 2021 #13
If only Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #14
Human nature. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #37
Well, that pretty much sums it all up in a nutshell. BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #18
Righteous rant. It's like Putin says, we are just better at hiding who we really have become. It Pepsidog Jun 2021 #19
Anyone who's getting Social Security The Wizard Jun 2021 #25
K&R. JudyM Jun 2021 #26
Welcome to socialism. K and R oasis Jun 2021 #27
K n R ! JoeOtterbein Jun 2021 #29
It has nothing to do with "socialism" or "capitalism" oldsoftie Jun 2021 #35
200th KnR n/t Hugin Jun 2021 #39
K&R. That's a keeper. yonder Jun 2021 #40
Words colsohlibgal Jun 2021 #42
You're talking about papa3times Jun 2021 #43
Mr. Field seems to have hit every one of those nails right on the head. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #44
But they've 40% of the population convinced that "they'll take ma truck and give it to the n***ers!" peppertree Jun 2021 #45
Let's help fabulously wealthy people get even wealthier IronLionZion Jun 2021 #47
I've seen this multiple times in Facebook LittleGirl Jun 2021 #49
Nailed it! chwaliszewski Jun 2021 #50
This crisis has one cause: Republicans, greedy, selfish, mean Republicans. rickyhall Jun 2021 #51
Crony Capitalism at it's finest hour? Brainfodder Jun 2021 #52
He sure did nail it. calimary Jun 2021 #55
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