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Originally Posted by nik-
You know that they've spent 400 million and replaced like 10000 water lines in Flint right?
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Again, the damage is done. Over 15k kids were exposed to lead poisoning. I know you well enough as a poster to know that you're not okay with that at all, even if they spent $400 million trying to fix it.
Sure, after the fact they MAY, or may not try to fix the original issue.
But the whole point of regulations and holding corporations accountable is to PREVENT problems. Not fix them afterwards.
Perfect example with this derailment.
I think the general public would be shocked if they honestly knew how many derailments are that cost billions of dollars in damage and cleanup fees, nevermind the environmental damage. This has gotten worse since our government has decided that pipelines are not politically expedient to their voting base and the result has been more oil being shipped on rail which has further strained the entire system.