[quote=kewp]Personally, I consider my water/sewer service useful stuff.[/quote]
But is it priced properly ? When we have water shortages, the government mandates toilet ratings and has a department to deal with enforcing what toilet you have in your house. I call them the “toilet police.” So, instead of simply raising the price (as the private sector would) to reduce water usage and encourage savings, they decide that managing all the toilets in the city would be a wise thing to do and hire a group of people to manage it. The cost of raising prices = free. The cost of hiring the toilet police = not free.
I’m sure they are very efficient at policing toilets, though.
