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This one is easy to answer....

Posted by bdk on Wed Jun 12, 2002 02:49:01 PM

In reply top Re: AR196's posted by Steve Young on Wed Jun 12, 2002 01:38:36 PM

A favorite pastime of politicians is to do nothing. There is seldom political risk in that.

When the oil tank/fuel tank breaks open and contaminates the reservior, the politicians can spring into action to save everyone by heroically funding clean-up efforts using your tax dollars.

In fact, it is better for their career for a disaster to occur so that they can get publicity saving you after the fact. If a disaster is prevented, who would hear about it? What news organization would report that a reservoir was saved from the possibility of future contamination by a forward thinking politician? There would be no drama in it, it would not sell papers!

Forever a cynic when it comes to politics,

BK

: Don't these people realise that the aircraft won't stay st
: ructurally intact forever down there, and therefore there
: will eventually be leakage of fuel, oil and all sorts of o
: ther nasties? Surely it's best to raise them now, in caref
: ully controlled conditions? Can't they see that?

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