South Carolina regulators slap down Duke Energy rate increase, call executives 'tone deaf'

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1. Reason number 4,642 why public utilities should have remained in the public domain.

As if the awesome powers of the universe created the world and all of life just so a select bunch of selfish assholes could get rich as they demand our labor so they themselves don't have to actually work for a living. Instead of trying to gouge each other for dollars, why not make it possible to live in this world with the basic necessities easily obtained and as inexpensive as possible. Utilities such as energy, water, sewer, communications, housing, food and clothing - imagine a living wage as the baseline. Imagine what possibilities this could open up for you. We might actually choose to improve our world instead fight over the scraps tossed to us by the rich.