Water privatization is coming under renewed scrutiny from Pa. lawmakers and regulators

[Voltaire2]

1. One of the stupidest neoliberal initiatives is the privatization of public infrastructure.

Someday somebody might just figure out that extracting rent from a system doesn't make it more efficient or provide better service or reduce the cost. It does the opposite: less efficient, worse service, higher costs. What it does do is funnel huge streams of money into the pockets of wealthy investors.