I don't understand how this hasn't been resolved
Every pipe should have been replaced yesterday and anyone who has prevented that from happening should be sued for everything they will ever own and then thrown in prison.
It's corporate manslaughter at this point and has been for years now
It hasn't been resolved because Flint needs the money to resolve it and those people live there. The city has been trying, apparently, but they would do a lot more if they had the money to do so.
The spokesperson added that the EPA is leveraging $15bn in funding from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to identify and replace lead service lines across the country.
That's a pittance when spread across the country's municipalities and it will never cover it.
But I guarantee you that if Flint was a city that wasn't majority black, a hell of a lot more would have been done by now.
If Flint wasn't majority black this probably wouldn't have happened in the first place.
Systemic.
They have replaced a lot of the pipes apparently, the ones remaining are the hardest and most expensive.
The city has been a mismanaged failing dumpster fire for decades. They have slowly trended towards turning things around, albeit with limited resources. It’s hard to push forward with little to no outside help when decades of damage have to be undone. It also doesn’t help that GM and other automakers helped create superfund sites around the city over the last century that they then abandon or “donate” to the city so they don’t have to clean them up.
America is a land of “freedom” - not a land of giving a shit about other humans. Our corporations must profit first.
It's largely been resolved. The article is an exaggeration. There's 1,900 lines that property owners haven't consented to updates. 31,000 have been replaced. Flint has been replacing the mains and the supply lines which are typically homeowner's responsibility. The supply line requires workers to go on private property, so there's the permission issue.
The context of the quote:
Like many residents, Mays was shocked. “Nobody went to jail. How does that happen in America?” she asked. “If we had the energy left, we’d cry.”
At some point, we have to take the law into your own hands.
Ugh, I'll never forget this. The water was absolutely disgusting and I refused to drink it. Bottled water was all you could do to get around it, and stores gouged the fuck out of it. I'm so glad I moved. Snyder was a piece of shit for this.
At some point, you have to take the law into your own hands.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36206897
President Barack Obama has sipped a glass of filtered water on a visit to the Michigan city of Flint, which has been wracked by a public health crisis. He took a drink of the city's filtered water to "show it was safe".
This is why i tell people that all major elected politicians are inhuman creatures, no matter what party they belong to or how they portray themselves. They will eat you alive if you give them your trust.
all major elected politicians are inhuman creatures
Try to remember some are worse than others.
Also, I bet Obama's people told him it was all good. His degree is in constitutional law, not chemistry.
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