shimbrypaku
Shohin
What about the 2023 Ohio train derailment in East Palestine
The government dragged their feet on this one.
Tell me why?
The government dragged their feet on this one.
Tell me why?
Thoughts and Prayers for Baltimore Maryland: Key Bridge Collapse into Patapsco River
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TrevorLarsen
Shohin
The reason the Government is going to pay for it is because the ships owners and their insurance for sure won’t and can’t pay hundreds of millions of dollars. I have no doubt the owner has liability protections such as subsidiary corporations and other shields so they will not be paying for all of it.
Gabler
Masterpiece
What does that have to do with the bridge collapse at the Baltimore Harbor? They're entirely different circumstances. It's like comparing Japanese maple and black pine. You can't treat them the same way.
Japonicus
Masterpiece
Besides the infractions current (speed for one) and past, I find it noteworthy that miracles still happen. This could've been much much worse. No maday for one causing the ripple effect. Time of day another. Prayers for the patch crews families.
rollwithak
Chumono
Agree this is horrible. However our government steals plenty of money from us Americans every year….. they just need to stop spending it like morons and they’ll have plenty of money for stuff like this. Hate to say it but it’s truth.
shimbrypaku
Shohin
The quick response by the current government in power, they waited almost a year to show up and make a photo op
shimbrypaku
Shohin
Black pine and Maple, you got that right.
Me too.
shimbrypaku
Shohin
I agree, but you can’t deny the response to the two events.
One in the back yard of the government in power and the other in the rust belt, poor voters that don’t support the current government.
Just my opinion
One in the back yard of the government in power and the other in the rust belt, poor voters that don’t support the current government.
Just my opinion
TrevorLarsen
Shohin
Shoe meet horn. You are wrong. Stop trying to put politics into this tragedy. It’s not comparable. A train derailment and the elimination of one of Americas biggest ports isn’t the same thing.
shimbrypaku
Shohin
That’s your opinion
19Mateo83
Masterpiece
2023 wasn’t an election year…. Sad…but it’s the reality we live with…
shohin_branches
Shohin
Because there was a large rollback of rail safety measures by the previous administration.
Trump Admin’s Latest Rail Safety Rollback Sets up Industry to Make Its Own Rules
This week, the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew another rail safety recommendation originally proposed during the Obama administration. In the process, the agency made quite clear that it has no plans to further regulate the rail industry, especially the...
Srt8madness
Omono
Can this this be moved to the Tea House? Tragedies happen every day, not sure why this one ends up in Bonsai General Discussion.
WavyGaby
Shohin
Agreed! X and FB will gladly take all of your opinions. This is a bonsai forum that should be free of politics.
Colorado
Masterpiece
People lost their lives and their loved ones in this tragedy, and some of you folks are worried about tax dollars? Wow……
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
In all fairness, I don’t see that as being about tax dollars. I see that as the thinking that less lives will be lost and affected if the tax monies are well placed. However, disasters like this are the rare events that will happen at times. We must do our best to prevent them, but they will happen. For now, I will offer my prayers for the affected and set aside any political thinking.
namnhi
Masterpiece
My comment wasn't politic at all. I would have said the same thing if the republican or any other rainbow color is in charge of the White House making that kind of comment.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Of course it was a political statement. Decisions what tax payers'money are spent or is politics.
Anyhow, this thread was about compassion for victims. Pretty shitty that this has turned into a money and politics dumpster.
