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intheozone

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5. Flint is what you get when you put Republican in charge of government.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:18 PM

Jan 2016

Republicans do not know how to govern, and even if they did, they are really only focused on politics and getting and keeping power. They never are concerned with actual "governing."

With all the yelling Republicans do about "states rights" and keeping the federal government out the states' business, the Repubs deserve what they get in this case.

The people of Flint clearly don't deserve it , but the Repubs running Michigan certainly do.

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The EPA fucked up royally in Flint. [View all] Nye Bevan Jan 2016 OP

EPA did nothing wrong benld74 Jan 2016 #1

"the EPA�s public position throughout was that Flint�s water remained within a safe range" Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #3

The EPA did everything wrong. former9thward Jan 2016 #6

A friend is a managing engineer at the Sonoma water district. Gregorian Jan 2016 #2

I think the difference might be a bureaucrat who knew squat joeybee12 Jan 2016 #4

The bureaucrat knew everything. former9thward Jan 2016 #7

I meant knew squat about how to proceed joeybee12 Jan 2016 #8

Flint is what you get when you put Republican in charge of government. intheozone Jan 2016 #5