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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

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102 points Brajeshwar | 6 comments | 31 Aug 25 01:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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xyst ◴[03 Sep 25 04:42 UTC] No.45112308[source]▶
> … and that the city isn’t planning to finish replacing them until 2076, three decades past a federal deadline.

Wow, that’s awful for the _third_ largest city in the USA. Federal, state, local governments have failed in providing basic services.

Thanks, trickle down economics! Reaganomics has been a massive mistake.

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1. nickff ◴[03 Sep 25 06:06 UTC] No.45112681[source]▶
What does Reaganomics have to do with Chicago failing to replace its water pipes? It’s a deeply Democratic city in a very Democratic state, and all three levels of government have been consistently increasing their spending in almost every area.
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2. queenkjuul ◴[03 Sep 25 09:33 UTC] No.45113837[source]▶
Lack of regulations forcing the city to act and cutting federal spending on infrastructure to help them do it?
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3. blasphemers ◴[03 Sep 25 11:14 UTC] No.45114418[source]▶
Chicago unions forced the installation of lead pipes for so long because of the higher labor cost of installation that the federal government had to step in and force them to stop installing lead pipes.
4. skeezyboy ◴[03 Sep 25 11:33 UTC] No.45114528[source]▶
richest country on the planet but looks like a charles dickens novel
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5. nickff ◴[03 Sep 25 17:47 UTC] No.45118587[source]▶
You do realize that Dickens' famous tales took place in the richest country in the world at the time, right?
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6. skeezyboy ◴[04 Sep 25 09:02 UTC] No.45125164{3}[source]▶
youve obviously not read it then