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How many more utter disasters need to happen before the State of California starts garnishing corporate profits from PG&E for punishment? Why is no one on trial
by crushcrashcrush 8y ago
How many more utter disasters need to happen before the State of California starts garnishing corporate profits from PG&E for punishment? Why is no one on trial?
Let's just turn this into a completely publicly owned utility, focus on modernization, and be done with it.
Remember the neighborhood that quite literally exploded?
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago>Let's just turn this into a completely publicly owned utility, That's a bad idea if you want accountability in the event of a disaster because then the taxpayers are still ultimately on the hook. Making it a government organization all but guarantees government bailout in the event of a disaster. Better to just make PG&E pay (if it does turn out to be their fault) and then roll with whatever happens.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoThe problem is that government isn't any better at maintenance than private companies, as far as I can see. Where does the money come from? You either raise prices (taxpayers are pissed) or subsidize from the general fund (taxpayers are pissed).