on 8/18/05 8:41 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> If not, then lugging the water wasn't wasting time, >> it was keeping them from losing some of their hard- >> earned money. > > Sorry Shemp, all wrong. Bechtel bought the local water distribution > system that was already in place. That's what "PRIVITAZATION" means, > to transfer ownership of an existing publicly owned and operated > utility to the private sector. Maybe Bechtel planned to expand the > existing system to new undeveloped areas in the future, but they never > got around to doing that, only got around to drastically raising > existing water prices - how do you drastic raise existing water prices > for someone who's getting water from a well? The Bolivian gov't may > be doing an inefficient job of operating the water utility and need to > get kick in the butt by some reformers, but the Bechtel contract made > things much worse.
A law was even passed that made it a crime to collect rain water. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
