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Jackpine Radical

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23. OMG, a classic case of government over-reach!

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:23 PM

Jul 2014

Vote Tea Party & elect some politicians with the guts to drown OSHA in a bathtub full of MCHM!

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Wow! A whopping $11,000 fine for poisoning 300,000 people! [View all] theHandpuppet Jul 2014 OP

Federal agencies need to be able to levy far bigger fines. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #1

the fine should be multiples of the cost to maintain it in the first place elehhhhna Jul 2014 #2

The water is still poisoned Warpy Jul 2014 #3

And since they've already declared bankruptcy (how convenient)... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #6

What a sad joke abelenkpe Jul 2014 #4

But ... but ... but ... government regulations are killing American businesses! earthside Jul 2014 #5

Regulations? Bah! theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #7

Federal fines for egregious Kelvin Mace Jul 2014 #8

I think that's an excellent suggestion. theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #9

Now, now. Orrex Jul 2014 #10

I'd heard about that. theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #11

He might have to wash the Governor's windows. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #20

Ridiculous corruption. nt stillwaiting Jul 2014 #12

Fines are not adequate. RoccoR5955 Jul 2014 #13

This is how the game is played theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #15

That's 4 cents per poisoning. KurtNYC Jul 2014 #14

And if the owners had a different color of skin, they'd be in Gitmo. sinkingfeeling Jul 2014 #16

Prison at least. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #19

Corporate death penalty please. JEB Jul 2014 #17

Yes, that is one hefty fine. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #18

For regulations to work, violations must bring serious consequences. Fines must be hefty. tclambert Jul 2014 #21

But what happens when the company just avoids the fines by declaring bankruptcy? theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #24

Corporations were formed to avoid legal liability. The laws clearly protect them too much. tclambert Jul 2014 #27

All excellent points! theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #28

May I suggest a slight correction? mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #22

To be honest, OSHA was all part of this comedy of (tragic) errors theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #25

OMG, a classic case of government over-reach! Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #23

Not bad. Treant Jul 2014 #26

OSHA cannot fine for 300K people, only workplace violations endangering workers. freshwest Jul 2014 #29

Thanks for taking the time to compose such a cogent and informative post theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #33

Failure in terms of ensuring that the US public is able to remain healthy and safe is truedelphi Jul 2014 #34

This is great information theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #35

Appalachia group and community rights. Got it. truedelphi Jul 2014 #36

Ok that's for the workplace hootinholler Jul 2014 #30

If California can dissolve companies, so can other states. ancianita Jul 2014 #31

Freedumb™ GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #32