We all remember Flint, Michigan, right?
That’s the city where the government switched the water supply and poisoned the community’s water to save a few bucks.
Lots of lead in the water, and the people not being told about it, even though it was known by those in charge of the state, meant children who drank the water during the silent time may end up with brain damage and will be living some tough lives.
Th nation’s attention wandered off, and, as if all is well, the Michigan water authority is actually considering letting Nestle’s, the company whose CEO claims no one has a right to water, double the amount of ground tr that they can bottle and sell for profit for mere $200 a year.
At the price of a plastic bottle of water, wouldn’t that mean the fee will be covered by a just 200 bottles of water leaving anything beyond that as pure profit?
Subtracting the 200 bottles from the 100 million additional gallons they can now pump out, that’s a lot of profit.
Not a math whiz, but it seems that 100,000,000 gallons is a lot of 16 ounce bottles of water at about $1.50 each per bottle.
Nestle’s is already the largest owner of private water source in Michigan.
Someone has to be benefiting from this, and when you consider that Nestle’s head spokesperson, Deb Muchmore, is married to Governor Rik Snyder’s former chief of staff, it’s clear it is not the people of Michigan who will be benefiting id you catch my drift.
In November, the Department of Environmental Quality promised to hold a public hearing and accept public comments on this give-away.
Hopefully the people of Flint will not end up the losers after the hearing.