Now do you understand why Flint went without clean running water for so many years?
Michigan GOP did that.
To their own constituents.
Using emergency powers.
This is the first thing Big Gretch did after she became Governor, in case you are wondering why all the Michigan militia types hate her so much: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2019/01/02/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-flint-water-crisis/2463552002/
Whitmer signs 1st executive directive in response to Flint water crisis

Whitmer said the directive is not related to any one specific incident but to concerns that include Flint and PFAS drinking water contamination.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2019/01/02/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-flint-water-crisis/2463552002/
@onetoughnerd used emergency powers to “save money” on Flint water. The emergency manager he appointed switched the source of the water, which caused the damage to the pipes, and the lead poisoning. The cost? Countless kids harmed. And a $641M settlement. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2020/11/17/flint-water-crisis-settlement-grows-641-2-million/6335673002/
Flint water settlement grows to $641.2M as landmark settlement moves to court

Flint, McLaren Regional Medical Center and contractor Rowe Professional Services Co. among groups that added to settlement, hiking it another $41.2 million

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2020/11/17/flint-water-crisis-settlement-grows-641-2-million/6335673002/
Plus the cost of bottled water for YEARS. Plus the cost of lead mitigation and redoing all the pipes.
Plus the trauma for everyone impacted.
Unplanned for externalities because of short term, financial-cost-only thinking. That’s Michigan GOP.
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