Yes, that's a friendly amendment. Peter Dorman Patrick Bond wrote: > > > From: Peter Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >... The economics, as they say, is impeccable. The utility initially > > owns the water. They establish a marginal cost pricing rule (or > > something similar incorporating externalities etc.) and make everyone > > pay. So that the poor can have a basic supply they would be issued > > vouchers on the proceeds from sales to the well-off. You could, of > > course, cut out the pay and voucher stages and just give the poor the > > water. > > But we don't want to divide the "poor" from everyone else. Good > social policy is universal-entitlement policy, without means tests. > Free 50 l/c/d per day for everyone, that's the slogan. (I use my > first 50 litres after 10 minutes, flushing and showering, in fact > there goes about 100 litres...) > > P.
