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1/2 of Detroit residents don't pay water bill
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:58 am
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:58 am
local TV online
But cutting off their water is 'inhumane.' I guess they could make water free by taxing the rich. But the rich left Detroit a long time ago.
But cutting off their water is 'inhumane.' I guess they could make water free by taxing the rich. But the rich left Detroit a long time ago.
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Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:59 am to Zach
Detroit the great glowing example of Dem governance.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:59 am to Zach
no wonder Detroit is a economic dump right now.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:11 am to Jbird
Why can't their welfare check pay for it or their Disibility Check. They can sell $300 worth of food stamps for $100 cash every month. The average bill is $70, so gov't checks can pay for it,I don't understand why they are not paying it. I guess cable, pot, cigarettes, beer, and liquor are more important. I owned a large supermarket for over 20 years and/or managed for 34 total. I saw this all the time.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:12 am to Jbird
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Detroit the great glowing example of Dem governance.
But you can see the DEMs point here can't you?
If EVERY city was like Detroit, then Detroit would not look so bad, right?
So - let's help Detroit here. Let's destroy all the cities.
see my sig quote - Churchill was correct, yet again.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:13 am to ChineseBandit58
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:14 am to TupeloTiger
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guess cable, pot, cigarettes, beer, and liquor are more important.
er priced a good tattoo lately?
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:14 am to Jbird
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Detroit the great glowing example of Dem governance.
THIS
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:19 am to Zach
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Organizer David Bullock with the Change Agent Consortium says the water department is going after customers that may be as little as $150 delinquent and says the department ignores large corporations which are behind. “People always want to attack the poor … why are we attacking poor people?” he asked.
But when asked which large companies are behind in their payments, Bullock would only say that WWJ should research the issue. “I think you all should be standing with us,” Bullock told WWJ’s Marie Osborne. “I think you all should be demanding the same level of accountability for firms and corporations in the city of Detroit – that they are levying on residential customers.” The water department states that there are about 60,000 delinquent accounts in the city of Detroit – with the average arrearage about $560.
Could it be that he's full of shite? "It's the corporations brah, we are the 99%."
Posted on 6/30/14 at 11:12 am to Zach
1/2 are delinquent and I don't blame them
"Why pay taxes?" asked Fred Phillips, who owes more than $2,600 on his home on an east-side block where five owners paid 2011 taxes. "Why should I send them taxes when they aren't supplying services? It is sickening. … Every time I see the tax bill come, I think about the times we called and nobody came."
I would be pissed if my rate doubles because other aren't paying their bills. I then would become more upset when 1/3 of those not paying their water bills are for structures that are vacant.
"Why pay taxes?" asked Fred Phillips, who owes more than $2,600 on his home on an east-side block where five owners paid 2011 taxes. "Why should I send them taxes when they aren't supplying services? It is sickening. … Every time I see the tax bill come, I think about the times we called and nobody came."
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Last week, the City Council approved an 8.7 percent revenue increase for Detroit. A big part of the reason for the larger increase in Detroit rates was to pay for uncollected Detroit bills from the year before.
I would be pissed if my rate doubles because other aren't paying their bills. I then would become more upset when 1/3 of those not paying their water bills are for structures that are vacant.
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“Many of the properties that we shut off are actually vacant structures, not occupied homes,” McCormick said.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 12:06 pm to Jbird
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Detroit the great glowing example of Dem governance.
It was a dem utopia for about 4 decades but then they ran out of productive citizens (white conservatives) to steal from.
When will we learn?
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