Legacies

A recent article in the NYT says the residents of the central valley in California have some of the most polluted drinking water in the US.  Nearly a hundred years of dumping fertilizer and pesticides on the fertile soils of the San Joaquin valley has resulted in levels of pollution which will take generations to reverse, if ever.  Of course, the poorest residents will bear the brunt of this disaster, since they are living at ground zero.  This is the America we might all have if the republican vision of limited government regulation is ever enacted.  Degrade your soils and water, cut the trees and overgraze public lands.  Squeeze the last drop of oil from shale deposits and pollute the rest of the country's aquifers.  But hey, you made a gigantic profit and you are living well.