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Water should be free to public

Wednesday 22 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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Dear Editor, I think it is fair to have an expectation that a government, which collects taxes to manage society, is able to distribute a common resource, in this case water, without charging for that service.

Dear Editor, I think it is fair to have an expectation that a government, which collects taxes to manage society, is able to distribute a common resource, in this case water, without charging for that service.


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