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The fact is that by law US gas stations must have underground - tanks. This is supposedly for

Posted: Jul 15th, 2018 - 11:41 am In Reply to: Did the Pence Family manufacture the underground tanks? - No. This "leaking tank" scam was pulled

fire prevention, but in Europe tanks are above ground, and we have never noticed a huge number of gas station fires over there, have we?

The real problem is that an underground tank is impossible to either inspect or maintain, while with an above ground tank both precesses are trivial, and leaking tanks are promptly repaired or replaced.

When the government causes a major problem and then pushes the costs off onto a few individuals and companies, it somehow seems fitting that if this bankrupts the individuals the costs should come back to bite the government.

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