"Water Privatizers Have Their Eye on Flint’s Lead Crisis"

While the tragedy of Flint’s poison pipes has shocked the public, the political drama unfolding in the backdrop may be a prelude to even more self-inflicted destruction through a one-two punch of austerity and privatization.

That’s why libertarian and far-right think tanks are...lament[ing] the pathetic state of Flint’s government. Government-led disaster, to be sure, should outrage the public...[but the] cruel calculation of risking public health to choose a “cheaper” source of water is less a product of bureaucratic incompetence than of a corporate mindset that monetizes human welfare.  Flint’s crisis follows a global pattern of public resources’ falling prey to a profit mentality, which is why the poorest people pay more for water... 

Some investors are already banking on Flint’s disaster capitalism’s eventually paying a major dividend for corporate water, reports CNN... [refers to Veolia]