WATER IS NOT A RIGHT; It is a product that costs money...

Just when I thought Detroit was moving in the right direction I hear about a bunch of white do-gooders probably from the suburbs notifying the UNITED NATIONS Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that the Detroit policy of shutting-off water to delinquent homes is a violation of their human rights.

In the past, many Detroiters did not pay their water bills because nobody came after them to pay; hey, let the suburbs pay. These delinquent households looked at their water bill as something that can be ignored.

Now under a mayor that actually knows what the hell he is doing, the water department is threatening these delinquent households with water shut-offs and guess what, most of them are paying…figure that one out?

But for the households that still don’t heed the water department’s warning; they shut the water off and in most cases the bills are paid and the water is turned on again.

I can understand why some households are having trouble coming up with the money to pay their water bill. Since they have refused to pay their modest monthly water bills, they have added up and now the number is quite large. The water department is offering payment terms but there are still diehards that will fight those bills as if they could not possibly have used that much water; I only flush the toilet once a month…

The bleeding heart groups that are protesting the water shut-off and demanding that everyone should have water and sewage services no matter if they can pay for them or not are: Detroit People’s Water Board, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and something called a Blue Planet Project.

Although I sympathize with those in Detroit who are having trouble paying for their basic needs, I feel that water has not been a basic need that they thought they needed to pay for; I bet booze and cigarettes take precedence over water for some of them.

I think it is high time that the new Detroit teach its residents about the priorities of life in the city and one big priority is water and sewer service and the best way to teach that is the basic Pavlovian method; reward and punishment; water on and water off.

The city has created payment plans as well as a financial assistance program for the city’s indigent population so it’s not as if the city is just shutting off water indiscriminately.

As for the idiots petitioning the United Nations for help; really? How about you bleeding hearts collecting money to pay those delinquent bills? Do you think that will teach people to prioritize their spending?