Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay For City’s Water [View all]Initech
(101,105 posts)49. This is just plain fucking evil.
Seriously if I had won that Powerball I'd donate money to Flint so their residents didn't have to pay for poison.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
78 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay For City’s Water [View all]
ariesgem
Jan 2016
OP
It also shows that today's Republicans should be no where near any kind of political power.
The Wielding Truth
Jan 2016
#18
Don't blame Flint: Michigan governor appointed an Emergency Manager to lord over things.
Octafish
Jan 2016
#6
Where would the children go? To a house where poision water is also present? How could
DhhD
Jan 2016
#44
I'm sure the Emergency Manager rubberstamps the foster care homes, too.
intersectionality
Jan 2016
#46
welcome to du. how, exactly, do you propose that the victims in flint do this, since such a
niyad
Jan 2016
#63
Why are people paying for water from the great lakes? shouldn't water be a public utility? nt
Snotcicles
Jan 2016
#14
I think it should be paid for by taxation and income adjusted. People can't live without water. nt
Snotcicles
Jan 2016
#36
Pay us for the poison you've been drinking or we'll take your poisoned children.
abelenkpe
Jan 2016
#15
This is the kind of thing that could NEVER be the plot of a work of fiction;
closeupready
Jan 2016
#26
Gov. Snyder ordered a truckload of smallpox infected blankets to hand out in Flint,
tclambert
Jan 2016
#45
So if a gas main springs a leak and your house explodes, you should pay for the gas
tclambert
Jan 2016
#43
oh, I have plenty of words, most of which would probably get me a visit from the suits.
niyad
Jan 2016
#65