Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul to pay Peter
According to this article, back in 2002, while the army was disposing of some VX gas, some VX gas was accidentally released. Today the EPA imposed a $52,000 fine on the army and a contractor for the incident.
What do you wanna bet that next year's budget for the army is a little bigger than it otherwise would be? Perhaps by the amount of the fine. Really, what's the point of one government entity fining another, particularly the army? The government is not going knowingly damage the effectiveness of the army by denying it funding. The whole thing seems kinda silly to me. Firing or fining the operation's supervisor would've been far more effective by my estimateion.
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According to this article, back in 2002, while the army was disposing of some VX gas, some VX gas was accidentally released. Today the EPA imposed a $52,000 fine on the army and a contractor for the incident.
What do you wanna bet that next year's budget for the army is a little bigger than it otherwise would be? Perhaps by the amount of the fine. Really, what's the point of one government entity fining another, particularly the army? The government is not going knowingly damage the effectiveness of the army by denying it funding. The whole thing seems kinda silly to me. Firing or fining the operation's supervisor would've been far more effective by my estimateion.
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