Welfare for the Rich: The American Way

There is an old saying, presented a few ways, in the econ bidnezz - "The tragedy of the commons"; that doc, by the bye, isn't from some aggro-Woke cabal, but Harvard Business School. So there! Point 5 in the doc is, surprise, all about groundwater. Didn't take long to find it. Being Taxachusetts born and raised, 'commons' always has resonated as 'Boston Common', and does have some history. In the bad olde days, the Common was used as a common pasture for livestock. You can guess what happened.

During the 1630s, the Common was used by many families as a cow pasture. This traditional use for a commons quickly ended when the large herds kept by affluent families led to overgrazing and the collapse of the Common as pastureland.

So, today we find out that another New England state's administration, decided to cave to Big Bidnezz, aka Poland Spring and siblings:

Mainers don't want Poland Spring to lock our communities into bad deals, and certainly not bad deals that last for decades.
--Margaret M. O'Neil (D, Saco)

This situation isn't new, by the way. It got a mention in these here parts way back in 2015. Once Nestle got a hold of Poland Spring, the aggression really ramped up. One suit.

The rich get richer and the poor have kids. And, who cares about the kids and grandkids and so on? Yeah, we're gonna leave them a burnt out cinder of a planet? Party like it's 1829!!