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by jgroszko
3800 days ago
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Not even as sinister as sibling comment here talking about genocides, these billionaires are wielding disproportionate political power to encourage policies that effect lower classes negatively to the benefit of their own bottom line. On a foreign scale, defense contractors have a vested interest in keeping the Middle East unstable and have the political power to push congress towards putting more US forces there. Domestically, it's hard to find a more plausible explanation for so many state governors doing things like opting out of ACA, limiting unions, closing schools, or enabling the Flint water crisis. |
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Beware of simplistic narratives. It now looks like Flint took on the very tough job of water treatment as a jobs / stimulus program[1] -- something they turned out to be completely incompetent at -- and also as a way to resolve a pricing spat with Detroit over water supply.
As well the Michigan DEQ shoulders a lot of the blame for covering up the issues.
1. http://reason.com/blog/2016/01/25/the-flint-water-crisis-is-...