A high-hazard flammable unit train was defined as a train going faster than 30 miles per hour with at least 70 loaded tank cars containing certain highly flammable liquids, such as crude oil and ethanol.
However, even if this safety rule had still been in effect, it would not have applied to the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, because it was not categorized as a high-hazard cargo train.
In addition, the democrats recently broke a rail union worker strike, and one of the key concerns that unions raised was that precisely this sort of disaster would happen https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Special-Report--Monster-Train-Wreck-in-Ohio.html?soid=1116509035139&aid=fzMOujXbqBo
After Ohio derailment, Buttigieg has no plans to reinstate Obama’s brake rule, despite a warning to Congress that without it “there will be more derailments.” DOT is now considering a proposal that may weaken safety rules. https://www.levernews.com/there-will-be-more-derailments/
You can just replace republican or democrat with capitalist in pretty much any context and it will not change the message.
Is that what people mean when they get mad at me and say bOtH sIdEs
That’s just basic class based analysis. The capital owning class holds power and that’s whom the government represents. I’m really at a loss as to why so many people are struggling with this concept.