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Sounds kind of like Ticketmaster. "Oh, the rates went up, that's not our fault, it's this private company." "Oh, so you're getting all of the extra money then?" "Not so much, well, the guy who set up the deal got a big personal payday, but we are getting only a tiny sliver of the ongoing extra revenue."

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sort of, yeah, Ticketmaster sort of sells "accountability as a service" so fans don't get mad at the artists.

I'm a centrist, but things like this push me further to the right personally. Governments can't charge what they ought to for parking/water and the people ultimately suffer the consequences.

Historically conservative governments have been more interested in making sure the water rates don't go up for corporations than pushing for conservation.

Careful with the left-right thinking here. Can you be sure the upfuckery in this case was due to the leanings of the politicians, that the other party would have done it any differently, and most importantly, the right wing thinking would not cause other side effects (I.e., you lean to right to avoid this kind of garbage, but end up effectively supporting Trump and his flavour of garbage)?

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