Justice has come to
the people of southern West Virginia. Freedom Industries, which poisoned the
drinking water of 300,000 West Virginia residents, has had a fine leveled
against it by the federal government for the improper storage and
infrastructure violations that caused the toxic spill.
So—after spilling thousands of gallons of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol into the Elk River and poisoning the drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians, sickening many of
them, inconveniencing most of them by forcing them to buy bottled water,
adversely affecting business for bars, restaurants, and other establishments, and forcing the closing of dozens of schools—how much was the fine?
$11,000.
That’s
right, Freedom Industries, after poisoning the drinking water of 300,000 individuals,
paid out $11,000 dollars. That comes out to about three and a half cents per
person.
As
I said, Justice has come to the people of southern West Virginia, only it is a
very small and teensy-weensy amount of justice.
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| The glass is half full. It's just a teensy-weensy little glass. |
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