Commodities

Commodities range from things from gold to wheat. The prices of these things are manipulated by investors and the resources they come from. Many of these commodities are not renewable and many are, many are a necessity for living and not a luxury. Although the price of some of these things are due to the cost of these things. There are some things that are should not be. And if they are expensive new ways to generate them that are low cost for every one must be found and if that is not enough these things must be rationed to the people. A while back a company called Enron tried to make broadband a commodity. There mission failed, then they went back to hypothetical accounting and ripping off the people of California millions on electricity. Internet access should not be a luxury, if any thing it should be free, like use of libraries, free information for everywhere and for every one. Water is being privatized all around the world, especially in poor countries that have no choice but to accept it or have funding for aid cut off from them by the World Bank. Water should be regulated by the people not foreign corporate interest and investors. There should be more regulation of what is in the water, both bottled and tap. More and more people seem to support capitalism but refuse to acknowledge the bad and ugly side of capitalism. A commune system could help control companies and regulate the essential needs better. A social system could help benefit the US and the rest of the world that has not adopted such systems or have not applied them correctly to their nations. The most important thing of the social systems is to make sure the governing is entirely democratic and will alert it's people of what they are consuming accurately.

Things that should be available to every one at a low cost (if not free) are: water, electricity, food, clothing, education, and information.