| ▲ | AbsurdCensor 4 hours ago |
| I guess it depends how you fund the system then. If there are not 'profits', how would additional infrastructure and upkeep be done, without just raising rates higher to pay for it? And who would loan them the money? The government? Oh, so back to taxpayers. |
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| ▲ | triceratops 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| How are roads maintained and upgraded? |
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| ▲ | vrganj 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| "Taxpayers" are the public. The infrastructure is for the public. Why shouldn't the public get to pay for its own infrastructure without a middleman trying to make a buck? |
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| ▲ | asanineassasin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | A middle man that can bail out of consequences for free, while the public can never bail out of obligations and needs. There was something in game theory about such sequential games where one side can only loose if it plays. | |
| ▲ | maerF0x0 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Some use a lot more electricity than others (think companies and industries) Public utilities receive unfair advantages like preferential financing, tax exemptions, and government infrastructure grants in your definition of subsidies, public utilities frequently receive some form of government support. (unfair as in not apples to apples comparison) | | |
| ▲ | vrganj 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Some use a lot more electricity than others (think companies and industries) Okay sure, and if the utility is public, the public should get to set policies accordingly. > Public utilities receive unfair advantages like preferential financing, tax exemptions, and government infrastructure grants in your definition of subsidies, public utilities frequently receive some form of government support Unfair to who? Somebody who wanted to profit off the public? As a member of said public, excuse me for not being the most empathic towards people trying to make a buck off me. |
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| ▲ | idiotsecant 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Huh? Profits are outside capital improvements. That is the nature of profits. There are arguments for private utilities but this one makes no sense. |
