What a mess!
Apr. 5th, 2021 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nairiporterPiney Point: Emergency crews try to plug Florida toxic wastewater leak
Usual thing. A private landowner who knew all about the environmental risks when he bought the property (Piney Point), is seeking $6M in public money to fix the problem. Standard practice in the US!
So, he has done nothing and now it's somebody else's problem. Good thing for the private landowner. He will be sitting pretty after the taxpayer bailout. As for the environment, well... who cares about that when there is money to be made!
Will the companies who created this problem be billed for the mess? Will they wriggle out of paying and leave the tax-payer with the costs? Privatised profits, socialised losses.
Usual thing. A private landowner who knew all about the environmental risks when he bought the property (Piney Point), is seeking $6M in public money to fix the problem. Standard practice in the US!
So, he has done nothing and now it's somebody else's problem. Good thing for the private landowner. He will be sitting pretty after the taxpayer bailout. As for the environment, well... who cares about that when there is money to be made!
Will the companies who created this problem be billed for the mess? Will they wriggle out of paying and leave the tax-payer with the costs? Privatised profits, socialised losses.
