competence, the rest of us are going to have to pay

The state of Mich. should then be required to pay back these funds..considering THEY created the problem..this is what happens when states do not share revenue with their cities and town..where did all the money go???

And..what galls me - $80 Mil to Mich. without oversight? - They will decide how to allocate Fed funds?????? - insanity...

But they don't like govt..until they do!

that wanted the local water.

Sadly, most conservatives will believe this lie.

who had all the governmental power.

the town of Flint pushed for and the emergency manager agreed to.

They are hoping that most Americans won't understand exactly how the emergency manager system worked, or what the culture was in those occupied communities. The manager and state have total authority and are not interested in the opinions of local officials. There are countless examples of major decisions being made in these towns with lasting consequences, over the objections of the local community.

I realize that you know all this. But many people don't.

I was on council in my small town. At the time I was serving revenue sharing was cut and we had thousands of $$$ suddenly removed from our revenue.

Since them I am quite sensitive to the plight of cities. They are vilified by politicians as hell holes of drugs etc. Then those same politicians try to make their lies come to life by starving cities through various means in a push to force privatization.

Oddly I did a google query on what % of Americans live in cities? 80.7%. Some major national politician needs to stand up for the cities.

Americans give $600 million to Michigan and Michigan gives Snyder to America?

caused this so they need to dig into the rainy fund they've amassed since busting unions, gutting welfare and poisoning people started. It's reportedly over a billion dollars. Funny how the GOP "you're responsible for yourself" mantra goes by the wayside when a nightmare caused by them is running up a big tab.

they should be the leads in fixing it.

Flint residents have been royally screwed by their government. The focus should be on making them as whole again as possible including the long term consequences and making sure this cannot happen in America again. Americans should all be willing to chip in their tax dollars to help. Save the finger pointing for the criminal indictments. Those responsible should be prosecuted. If our laws are not strong enough to put these guys away then the above mentioned legislators should be leading the charge to pass new laws to make this kind of deplorable conduct and negligence a very serious crime.

Republicans pay for the Republican created disaster they themselves made. The Republicans continue to cause mass suffering and death, they are the "party" of genocide.

GOP = GENOCIDE

citizens will eventually have to pay for the Repuke's incompetence/malfeasance/greed.

Why don't the GOP legislators get up and do something? They are in the majority, after all.

The most important thing is to get the Flint residents the help they need.