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White House says bipartisan deal will get rid of all of the country's lead pipes
The Hill via MSN ^ | 6/28/21 | Rachel Frazin

Posted on 06/29/2021 2:30:11 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Two words: Flint, Michigan.


21 posted on 06/29/2021 4:25:13 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: Libloather
Meanwhile, guess what's not being fixed? Here's an example from Upstate NY this morning...

7-year-old shot, in critical condition on South Salina Street in Syracuse

22 posted on 06/29/2021 4:28:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks! Deep State’s solution to this involves more public sector jobs will cost the moon and take an exponentially long time to fix.

And the last time I looked, my water and sewer lines, I have both, are my problem, not my fellow taxpayers’.

But if people need help paying for expensive plumbing repairs, where has Deep State been all these years, eh?


23 posted on 06/29/2021 4:33:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Yo-Yo

Speaking of Syracuse, well lookee here. Guess who’s already got a program. But it’s not free (snort), is it...

https://data.syrgov.net/pages/lead


24 posted on 06/29/2021 4:35:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Well, gee, Rochester already has one, too...

https://www.cityofrochester.gov/leadservice/

This is looking like another bailout for cities and states...

That’s what this is.


25 posted on 06/29/2021 4:36:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Libloather
White House press secretary Jen Psaki also told reporters on Monday that "it will put Americans to work"

Bastiat the "Broken Window" comes to mind.

26 posted on 06/29/2021 4:38:16 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: mewzilla

From Buffalo and two years ago...

https://www.wkbw.com/news/making-ends-meet/new-program-to-replace-lead-water-lines-for-free


27 posted on 06/29/2021 4:38:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: ClearCase_guy

It’ll put PUBLIC SECTOR workers to work.


28 posted on 06/29/2021 4:39:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Libloather

Not a chance. Older cities sometimes still have wood pipes in a few places. They’ve lost the maps and have no idea where their pipes are even located. I’ve seen that in a 50 year old community. 150 year old towns my have no clue where every single pipe is located.


29 posted on 06/29/2021 6:55:55 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: zek157

Exactly correct. It wasn’t Flint that went cheap. It was the Democrats who ran Flint that went cheap then blamed Republicans.


30 posted on 06/29/2021 6:58:19 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mewzilla

Some iron water piping had a low percentage of lead in the alloy. As long as the Ph of the water is maintained in a non-corrosive range, no leaching of lead into the water will occur.

Flint went cheap with the buffering compounds, allowing the water acid/alkali balance to deviate from safe levels.


31 posted on 06/29/2021 8:06:28 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Libloather

Out of 55 billion 1 million will go to dig up some old pipe going to Obama’s HQ in DC.


32 posted on 06/29/2021 8:57:32 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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