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Outrage about this story is directed at Norfolk Southern for operating the train without modern safety gear, for the Trump administration for rescinding the Oba
by jandrese 4y ago
Outrage about this story is directed at Norfolk Southern for operating the train without modern safety gear, for the Trump administration for rescinding the Obama era rules that would have required them to install modern safety gear, and the Biden administration for breaking up the strike that the workers were making over the safety conditions (among other things).
This accident was going to happen eventually and all of the people who had the opportunity to stop it were either denied or were actively fighting against preventing it from happening because it might have impacted the $10 billion stock buyback[1] that lined so many billionaire's pockets.
[1] http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news/norfolk-southern-announces-new--10-billion-stock-repurchase-prog.html http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news/norfolk-souther...
- CatWChainsaw 4y agoWhere's the capitalism good/regulation bad folks who post here? And do they want to take a field trip? :)