But they aren't paying off the loans. We are, through this trust transfer amount. Competitive markets produce competitive prices, and lower rates provide us the ultimate benefit of exponentially enhancing Eden's economic viability as businesses choose to remain, or relocate, here. By now consumer advocates were squirming in their seats. A variety of consumer protections are now in place to prevent unauthorized switching of customers from their chosen provider to another one.
Competition inevitably brings new, improved products.
To do that we had to relieve the utilities of a portion of their debt burden. It's only right that the consumers of this state pay their fair share. We, the people of Eden, were never told about a 'trust transfer amount' when the legislature adopted this. By Jingo, we're a bunch of damn fool suckers and we've been had. With this the meeting turned to chaos.