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Outrage after US Congress votes to slash $125m in funding to replace toxic lead pipes (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 days ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or we could collectively decide that we want a government that can be trusted to manage something as fundamental as drinking water infrastructure without poisoning people and vote accordingly. If you can't trust your government to provide basic public services then what is the point of having a government at all?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

If you can't trust your government to provide basic public services then what is the point of having a government at all?

🤷 I vote for what's best for the people, IDK why others don't.