I think you've got the right idea, in fact -- but government arbitrarily deciding what a price will be is not exactly "market-based incentives."
My water bill is about $400 per month, as I live in Southern California. This state built a good water infrastructure in the late 60s and early 70s, but the population has doubled since then and we're still using the 1970s systems.
As an aside, California's idea of market-based incentives seems to be to drive all people that create jobs out of the state.
If it were made possible for private industry to supply water, then market-based incentives would come into play. Otherwise, it is merely government fiat.
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Date: 2009-11-15 11:49 pm (UTC)My water bill is about $400 per month, as I live in Southern California. This state built a good water infrastructure in the late 60s and early 70s, but the population has doubled since then and we're still using the 1970s systems.
As an aside, California's idea of market-based incentives seems to be to drive all people that create jobs out of the state.
If it were made possible for private industry to supply water, then market-based incentives would come into play. Otherwise, it is merely government fiat.
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