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The polluting company that caused the chemical spill in the water supply of Waste Virginia has declared bankruptcy. So-called Freedom Industries has $3. 7 million in outstanding debt to creditors and (surprise!) owes the Federal Government nearly $2.5 million in unpaid taxes.
We'll see in the months and years ahead whether the good people of Waste Virginia will tolerate more deregulation for the purpose of attracting reckless polluters to their State in exchange for their health.
(cartoon: Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Gocomics.com)
