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Good thing this was approved by the previous administration. The next Flint will most likely receive a tank to protect itself from rioters, given the EPA cuts a
by dmode 10y ago
Good thing this was approved by the previous administration. The next Flint will most likely receive a tank to protect itself from rioters, given the EPA cuts and further bloated defense budget
- d--b 10y agoFlint is the symbol of mid-West's de-industrialization. Since this administration has vowed to give these people's jobs back, you can be sure that they're going to make sure Flint is better off in 4 years than it is now. So giving them federal money to fix their water pipes is a great way to be the good guys. They're going to be able to hire a bunch of people to fix it, and solve a health problem at the same time. I'd be more worried about my water quality if I lived in a region with a lot of shale oil drilling...
- polack 10y agoI think you have missed the fact that this money was given during the Obama administration. Since Trump have cut funding to the EPA it's hard to believe that all the "Flints" out there will have it better after 4 years...
- adventured 10y agoEPA 2016 budget: $8.16 billion How many Flints were you planning to repair with the minuscule discretionary part of that? The EPA has never had the budget required to build and rebuild hundreds of billions in infrastructure. The "Flints" in the US will be better off when the US starts focusing on infrastructure as a critical spending necessity again.