Govt housebuilding targets under threat by greedy private water companies.

[Manonthestreet]

Because there is no alternative.

Sounds like a shitty country

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Are you seriously condemning business owners for getting paid? ... that's your inner socialist speaking ... what's the point of owning a business if not to make money ... what kind of nonsense is this? ...

Revenue minus expenses equals earnings ... "invest[ing] in their business" is part of the expenses ... dividends are part of earnings ... no one will put up the capital for the new aqueduct if there's no dividends ...

It's too expensive to bring water in ... folks knew that ... all those new 1.5m homeowners got ripped off ... but again, they knew it ... the financial statements from these businesses are a matter of public record ...

Yes I understand the profit motive. The point is that it is out of control. They have a monopoly and have avused it. Fuck em.