"We're here today because we're finally addressing an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago in this country — the danger that lead pipes pose to our drinking water," Mr. Biden said. "For too long, local communities have known how important it was to deal with this problem. It hadn't been given the national priority that it demanded though. I'm here today to tell you that I'm finally insisting that it gets prioritized and I'm insisting it get done."
~ Joseph Biden, next write-in candidate that'll win the next election.
I'm not quite sure what to say to this one. Out of nowhere you're dropping a ten year deadline for upending the entire decaying sewer infrastructure of the U.S in like, the last stretch of your career? The fuck?
What happens after those 10 years?
No way Biden's still going to be around to enforce it
The IRA already included a bunch of money earmarked for Flint, Michigan. It was celebrated when it passed! But the IRA allowed the government to "redirect" the money to another project if they wanted to. And guess what happened.
Asbestos Pipes
Sorry sweaty, the military industrial complex needs those jobs, so it's going to be depleted uranium pipes