How Did We Get to This Point?

How Did We Get to This Point? | michiganstopsmartmeters: "Why are smart meters now being forced upon us?  The easy answer would be because it is profitable for the utility industry to do so.  It is not hard to conjure up a bogeyman in the big bad corporation.  But Detroit Edison had an enviable reputation, built over many decades, as a reliable provider of electric service, and as a business that treated its customers fairly.  In a free market, corporations, in pursuing their own best interests, tend to realize their own goals by doing the things that best meet the needs of their customers."