Delicious irony: Big Business using climate change to screw over poor and blue states

[Don Vito Corleone]

Which again goes to the point. If the predictions of global warming come true (more rainstorms in the Midwest, etc) then is it negligence for cities/states to not improve infrastructure to account for predicted conditions thus leading to avoidable losses for citizens (and in turn, insurers)? Basically, do localities owe this as a duty of care to their citizens?

Government entities are generally immune from suit for their discretionary actions (here, choosing to allocate their limited resources for purposes other than preparing for water incursion resulting from global warming).

The irony is that if they had increased their tax levy to pay for such things, you'd pillory them for it. This is a completely stupid troll thread.

 

[glenn1]

You know what I would call delicious irony? Farmers suing glenn1 for global warming/extreme weather by driving his stupid fuel hungry truck. Now, THAT would be delicious irony.

I drive a Honda Fit.

Government entities are generally immune from suit for their discretionary actions (here, choosing to allocate their limited resources for purposes other than preparing for water incursion resulting from global warming).

The irony is that if they had increased their tax levy to pay for such things, you'd pillory them for it. This is a completely stupid troll thread.

Why would I care if Illinois or some city raised their taxes to pay for infrastructure, especially when it's obviously needed? I'm only opposed to federal spending on purely local infrastructure - why should you in MSP pay for Chicago's infrastructure rather you both paying for your own? Of course if Chicago raised taxes by $100MM for "infrastructure" probably $90MM would be wasted in corruption.

 

[Zaap]

Of course if Chicago raised taxes by $100MM for "infrastructure" probably $90MM would be wasted in corruption.

So true. And then like clockwork, the same corrupt thugs who blew the money down a rathole, (cheered on by their lapdogs) will stand up and whine that the problem wasn't their wasting $90mil..oh no, no such thing as a spending problem. The problem was the taxpayers didn't pay enough... its always a revenue problem. Another $200mil or so ought to do it. Until that's not enough either.

 

[fleshconsumed]

I drive a Honda Fit.

Doesn't matter, you could have been driving a hybrid. Or biking. You're causing the climate change. What would you say if Farmers sued you? I say that would have been delicious irony.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Once again big business has duped a conservatard into rooting against his own interests.
There's a reason you're called "conservatards."

 

[mrjminer]

Good look at things to come to those that have vehemently forced their unproven "science" on the world as indisputable truth.

 

[Bitek]

What an idiotic thread. Always thought the OP a curmudgeon, but looks like that was far too generous.