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U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated

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386 points z991 | 3 comments | 23 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.61s | source
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pixl97 ◴[24 Jun 25 00:46 UTC] No.44361760[source]▶
Save lives?: X

Increase safety?: X

Make more money?: YES

The USCSB makes life safer for everyone in this country, especially people that work around potentially dangerous chemicals and pressurized equipment.

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yongjik ◴[24 Jun 25 01:28 UTC] No.44362002[source]▶
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gosub100[dead post] ◴[24 Jun 25 01:47 UTC] No.44362119[source]▶
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usefulcat ◴[24 Jun 25 01:59 UTC] No.44362192[source]▶
50 employees with a budget of $14.4 million doesn’t even qualify as a rounding error in the federal budget. Don’t pretend this has anything remotely to do with “government waste”.
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1. monkeyelite ◴[24 Jun 25 02:16 UTC] No.44362300[source]▶
A low number is a good reason not to spend resources auditing it. But why would it be a good reason to keep something around you found you don’t need?
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2. harimau777 ◴[24 Jun 25 02:28 UTC] No.44362357[source]▶
I don't think that anyone has demonstrated that we don't need it.
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3. monkeyelite ◴[24 Jun 25 02:31 UTC] No.44362371[source]▶
No. But rather than telling us the merits they appear to be telling us it’s so small it’s not worth doing so.