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This is not about lack of funds. Places around the world much poorer than poor US municipalities manage to have working water supply.

• duxup 4y ago
  I don’t think that your first sentence has anything to do with the rest of them.
  • xyzzyz 4y ago
    If you need it spelled out, the second sentence points out that you can have working water supply with little funds, and so if the failing US municipalities cannot manage to have working water supply despite having a lot more funds than other places, the problem does not stem from the lack of funds.
    • duxup 4y ago
      A local government can have few funds regardless of the larger state’s funds…
      • xyzzyz 4y ago
        If you read carefully, you’ll find that I indeed said “poor municipalities”. I don’t know why you bring up “larger state’s funds”.
        • duxup 4y ago
          At this point I don’t know what you’re trying to tell me overall.
• kube-system 4y ago
  It’s the combination of limited funds and mismanagement. You can have water infrastructure with minimal money if you spend money wisely. If you have plenty of money you can mismanage your money with little consequence. It’s when you have both mismanagement and limited funds that problems arise.