How did that horrid proposal ever get that far?

very expensive. It can be attractive to turn these whole operations over to corporations and free local government of all the problems. Of course the problems will come back around.

This country is headed down the crapper if we don't do something now.
'Pun entirely intended.

For at least half a century. Public works in municipalities used to be owned/operated by the local governments. Same as the roads and public schools. The sales really picked up after the 1980s.

It’s the American way ….

and anyone w 4 connected neurons in this day and age knows not only that, but that this crap is destroying the planet.

It's an ideal business model::: a captive market and laws/contracts written to guarantee profit.

The fossil fuels industry did to the state earlier?

Jackson Mississippi. Good on “You the People”.
Standing up to privatization. Now elect the Gov that will work for you, not some hollow billionaire fake ass doctor.

payers in 10 years.

they know the federal government will foot the bill when the whole system goes south. We've seen it happen with the privatization of the water utilities and phone service. The Koch Bros put millions into local privatization initiatives, and to lobby against government funded internet, mass transit, and other initiatives.

private citizens have put in tons of work and money into these systems, and thus, should, if something is privatized, receive some of the proceeds from a sale of these so called valuable assets. These systems can cost literally billions of dollars, the infrastructure alone to transport the waste products to treatment facilities and/or to dump the treated waste into appropriate venues are alone, worth billions of dollars. For a city or state or county to dispose of these facilities willy-nilly is reckless. If anything goes private, the citizens of that district should have an abundance of input into the process, after all, it was our tax dollars that put these facilities in place.