Comments on: EPA Gags Staff: ‘Do Not Respond To Questions’ http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/epa-gags-staff/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: e_to_the_p http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/epa-gags-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-1752 e_to_the_p Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:22:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/28/epa-gags-staff/#comment-1752 Wow an orginization for protecting the environment has just become as transparent as the lower Mississippi river... Wow an orginization for protecting the environment has just become as transparent as the lower Mississippi river…

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/epa-gags-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 stateofthedivision Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:55:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/28/epa-gags-staff/#comment-1748 But they are free to talk about the benefits of public-private partnerships. An EPA guy was on CSPAN2 today, talking about "private activity bonds", "water enterprise bonds", "full cost pricing", and a "lifeline rate". In other words, people need to pay more for water, private corporations need the profit. Citizens subsidize the firm via the creatively named tax exempt bonds, then they'd pay the full freight for services, i.e. no sharing. The poor and elderly on fixed incomes will have to apply for a price break. I hope you watched the video of Senators turning down home heating subsidy for the upcoming winter season. The fix is in, and you're about to be fixed! But they are free to talk about the benefits of public-private partnerships. An EPA guy was on CSPAN2 today, talking about “private activity bonds”, “water enterprise bonds”, “full cost pricing”, and a “lifeline rate”.

In other words, people need to pay more for water, private corporations need the profit. Citizens subsidize the firm via the creatively named tax exempt bonds, then they’d pay the full freight for services, i.e. no sharing. The poor and elderly on fixed incomes will have to apply for a price break. I hope you watched the video of Senators turning down home heating subsidy for the upcoming winter season. The fix is in, and you’re about to be fixed!

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