'Regulations' put a crimp on profits, screw humans & the environment............
why do you think 'Texas' is sooo attractive for 'business' lax regulations, low pay, no benefits & poor safety.
How damned many times do we have to see these images and fail to connect cause and effect? Americans continue to elect and tolerate politicians that tell them everything is fine and we don't need to invest in infrastructure and safety and there is too much regulation. There is no reason we can't have businesses that are both profitable and safe. But we have to be willing to spend the money to fund the agencies that provide the oversight. That's not government meddling; that's common sense. Elected leadership does not hesitate to spend your tax dollars on fear driven industries like the TSA or defense contractors, but a few inspectors or laws to keep a nursing home away from an ammonium nitrate fertilizer plant is considered too much government?
And now we have to endure those same politicians who are quick with the budget cut running to the site of the tragedy to claim empathy and understanding. How dare they? Why do we never demand accountability until people are dead? The owner of the plant was quoted on television as saying, "This kind of thing just isn't supposed to happen here." It isn't supposed to happen anywhere.
We just let it.
DO SOMETHING!
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