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In reply to the discussion: Nestle Group -"Access to Water Is Not Your Right" [View all]99Forever
(14,524 posts)24. I have an answer to these corporate monsters:
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I have seen observations that the Kochs' most intense drive to power centers around the Great Lakes.
patrice
Jan 2013
#129
these ass hats don't get it. They are 1%. we are 99% with guns. I think it will be
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#159
It's so much better for people than buying pepsi, coke, and other bottled soft drinks.
loudsue
Jan 2013
#44
The essential question is: should human beings be denied access to potable water
alberg
Jan 2013
#72
+1,000. Privatization is the new Apartheid. The Rich will live, the Poor will die.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#162
It is a religion. Capitalism is faith based and has more followers than any other brand. Really.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#165
Trust me, someone sat down and calculated the amount of air the human body uses in a lifetime,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#93
Somebody has to build an infrastructure to deliver drinking water and take care of sewage. It costs.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#12
None of that has to do with any need for them to own the water. Pay for the service? Sure.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#97
Left on their own to make decisions, private companies may deny service due to lack of payment.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#29
I would say that that depends on who polluted the air in the first place.....
socialist_n_TN
Jan 2013
#81
Yeah, good ole Nestle! Happy to see someone else remembers this history. Thanks. nt
mountain grammy
Jan 2013
#39
Or even better, try to get people not to join with hands with them by investing in Wall St.
raouldukelives
Jan 2013
#27
Free marketers always factor out revolution out of their economic formulas.
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2013
#35
Oh. I imagine if they privatized water, an essential element for survival, it would just happen
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2013
#174
Thanks. I never buy bottled water but I will take care to avoid Nestle products.
MotherPetrie
Jan 2013
#37
"free market" means free of rules, regulations, oversight and free of rights on your part
pasto76
Jan 2013
#49
Also, it is expensive so the mother has to dilute the formula to make it last.
alfredo
Jan 2013
#105
Corps bought up riverbeds in a couple of northern states and the court upheld it. locals very upset
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#73
Water is life. Idle no more. Check "Hydraulic Empire" on wikipedia.org.
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2013
#77
I don't buy ANY bottled water. BTW if you use a tap filter, the water is delicious, cheaper, safer?
joanbarnes
Jan 2013
#85
At one point they actually considered a way of metering solid waste flushed....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#92
If you grew up on a Great Lake, like I did, you know its OUR water (yours and mine), not Nestle's.
joanbarnes
Jan 2013
#95
The water speculators in the third world has put up fences and posted guards by ponds and streams
alfredo
Jan 2013
#104
And they know that pollen travels, so they can sue farmers downwind if they can find any patented
alfredo
Jan 2013
#134
Someone needs to let him know that continuing to live isn't necessarily *HIS* right.
Matariki
Jan 2013
#118
There are places in the world where you have to have a prepaid card to pump water.
Starry Messenger
Jan 2013
#124
Bectel got kicked out of Bolivia because it's hard line on the people. They were even
alfredo
Jan 2013
#135
Next we will hear that they own the air and if we do not pay, we can expect to have a bag put over
DhhD
Jan 2013
#125
They don't own the sun and that's why solar energy has been so slow being deployed.
alfredo
Jan 2013
#137
Nestle is pumping our Great Lakes dry and sending the water to China. Bet you didn't know that.
judesedit
Jan 2013
#132
Los Angeles city water is great, yet the idiots who live here insist on BUYING water.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#139
Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked, Shows U.S. Trade Officials Have Agreed to Terms That Undermine
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#140
there doesn't appear to even be a list of which 600 corporations are part of the TPP
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#141
You do realize that they entering into mutually beneficial contracts with various govt entities...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#144
i'm disgusted with nestle - i won't be buying any of their products if i can help it
samsingh
Jan 2013
#190