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Well based on the fact that - we’ve cleaned up 25% of sites in a system that only started in the 80s - the infrastructure bill in 2021 bringing back the super
by thrashh 4y ago
Well based on the fact
that
- we’ve cleaned up 25% of sites in a system that only started in the 80s
- the infrastructure bill in 2021 bringing back the superfund cleanup tax on chemical companies that expired in 1995 — at double the rate
- and Congress also authorizing an extra $3.5 billion 2 years ago just for cleanups
I think it’s too early to be so cynical
- eppp 4y agoThis is a completely broken system though. These cleanup fees should be paid for during the waste generation. Just being allowed to pollute everything and then paying out the owners and declaring bankruptcy leaving it to the tax system to clean up is nonsensical.
- blibble 4y agoin cases like that: if the owners are still around (meaning: not deceased) the courts should be able to pierce the corporate veil and go after the directors for unlimited amounts
- mrguyorama 4y agoWhat the courts are allowed to do, and what Judges regularly opt to do are extremely different sets.
- duskwuff 4y ago> This is a completely broken system though. When "the system" is working properly, hazardous waste is contained and disposed of appropriately, and sites don't become polluted. The Superfund program exists to remediate situations where that system failed.
- ambicapter 4y agoWhat about collecting taxes on these companies while they're operating and then using that tax money to clean up any messes that may occur? Oh wait.
- grouchomarx 4y agoSorry that's not how this works. These organizations bring in a few handfuls of middle wage jobs. If they eventually pollute the site and move to Mexico to save $0.11 a unit, that's my successor's problem
- thrashh 4y agoYeah, collecting those operating taxes I just said in my post?
- ROTMetro 4y agoI've never been sick more often than when I lived in super fund defending champion Mountain View during college.
- convolvatron 4y agoi remember getting a little flyer on my doorknob. 'the soil here is toxic. wear shoes when walking outside. dont attempt to grow food. otherwise its all good. really.'
- QuercusMax 4y agoNews flash: the 1980s were 40 years ago. At this rate we'll all be dead before they're done.
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