When George Bush was president, an engineering failure destroyed the Gulf Coast and a mining disaster killed 13 miners.
This is a representative response:
Here’s a clue: Bush’s indefensible fealty to corporate power undercuts the health and safety of workers at every level of the economy.
Now Barack Obama is president, and outside of the fringes, few really blame him for the disaster, since on the millions of things on a president’s plate, making sure every oil rigged is seal shut and mine safe is, frankly, impossible. This goes to why staffing government with competent people matters–because the public perception that government is staffed with competent people matters.
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