First, cost-cutting may be a but-for cause of the Flint Crisis, but it's not a proximate cause. Any non-negligent engineers could have easily done the cost-cutt

First, cost-cutting may be a but-for cause of the Flint Crisis, but it's not a proximate cause. Any non-negligent engineers could have easily done the cost-cutting safely. If I get hit by drunk driver going to church, going to church didn't REALLY kill me. Second, Nestle has nothing to do with Flint. Nestle didn't outbid Flint for safe water. Third, Michigan is charging a fair price for water since it has such a surplus. Fourth, there is no nexus between michigan tax revenue and african drinking water. You could use that logic on anything.