A for profit company deciding what we have to pay for electricity and water and fuel, all which we DIE without

absurd

But they are too busy out of town sucking up those Koch dollars and working against the people nationally. Makes one feel better about KY, though.

but I think we have all kinds of taxes for clean air, etc.
Which has worked, by the way.
But anyways, I LOVE Kentucky's idea here!

Check this out, too:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMPR_PTE_Y05LA_DPG&f=W

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What if...

When I was in high school (1974) my dad had a repair shop that also a gas station. He would not raise his prices with everyone else so the distributor discontinued deliveries.

But I do agree with democratic socialism and if "we, the people" don't want to give up our sovereignty to multinational corporations then we shouldn't.

The city could also eliminate any tax incentives granted to the refinery and/or fuel distributor. This could get nasty.

passing laws forbidding it, under some pretense

or Benghazi?

Capitalism serves the rich.

Does anyone else remember that the municipal-socialistic electric utility in Los Angeles did NOT brown out while Duke & Co-Conspirators dicked around with the rest of Southern California?

Exchange the "profit motive" for an administrative charge which is almost always much less than profits. That was one reason Big Insurance and their toadies in Congress fought even the Public Option in the ACA. They can't compete with a well run public option in ANY area, so they have to ban it.

I do look for this to be outlawed ASAP. When they can't compete, they use the power of the state to ban it.