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marmar

(80,216 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:31 AM 9 hrs ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Private Equity is Going After Your Utilities.

Jun 4, 2026

Since President Trump took office a year and a half ago, gas and electricity bill costs are up 11%.

And private equity – yes, the same guys who are gutting hospitals and nursing homes and local malls – are on track to make this worse.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Private Equity is Going After Your Utilities. (Original Post) marmar 9 hrs ago OP

Utilities need to be regulated. Period. Bristlecone 9 hrs ago #1

Time to go solar. Ritabert 9 hrs ago #2

My electric bill has doubled in a month dlk 8 hrs ago #3

My electric bill has doubled in a month dlk 8 hrs ago #4

The Costs just get higher and higher. BTW; the Sun is Free. So is Wind. MagaSmash 8 hrs ago #5

Private equity... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #6

Who composes this Private Equity and what government rep allowed this structure? Stargazer99 6 hrs ago #7

Bristlecone

(11,216 posts)

1. Utilities need to be regulated. Period.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:36 AM

9 hrs ago

Ritabert

(2,698 posts)

2. Time to go solar.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:53 AM

9 hrs ago

dlk

(13,387 posts)

3. My electric bill has doubled in a month

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:15 AM

8 hrs ago

The rich predator class never ceases to find new ways to get their hands on our wallets, with no consideration of the consequences.

This is why government regulation of utilities is necessary.

dlk

(13,387 posts)

4. My electric bill has doubled in a month

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:19 AM

8 hrs ago

The rich predator class never ceases to find new ways to get their hands on our wallets, with no consideration of the consequences. .

This is why government regulation of utilities is necessary.

MagaSmash

(12,696 posts)

5. The Costs just get higher and higher. BTW; the Sun is Free. So is Wind.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:48 AM

8 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(4,914 posts)

6. Private equity...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 12:42 PM

7 hrs ago

... is a malignant cancer that borrowed its business model from the Mafia. It should be outlawed forever and wiped off the face of the Earth. It benefits no one but the weasels behind it.

Stargazer99

(3,578 posts)

7. Who composes this Private Equity and what government rep allowed this structure?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 01:44 PM

6 hrs ago

list all participants names and addresses and the rep or reps that allowed this structure, I am damn sick and tired of the rich and powerful sucking the life out of ordinary people

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