Exceptions to American Exceptionalism - Mark Fiore - Political Cartoons

[Rhiannon12866]

A nation that can’t even provide safe drinking water for its people can’t fly the banner of “exceptionalism” for too long. Thanks to a dangerous mixture of systemic racism, tax cuts and bootstraps politics, Jackson, Mississippi is in the midst of a water crisis. Again.

That’s right, this isn’t the first — or even second — time a capital city in the United States has gone without clean drinking water. Residents of Jackson have faced multiple “boil-water” notices over the years thanks to a crumbling water treatment infrastructure.

Trump acolyte Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and city officials are now touting the fact that water pressure has been restored across the city. Unfortunately, even though the water now has great pressure, it still has to be boiled before it is safe to drink. Maybe Reeves and other politicians in Mississippi should be more focused on repairing crumbling infrastructure than on making “an investment in Mississippians” through tax cuts.

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1. He always has good toons. Like this one...

This situation in Jackson n probably lots of other places is criminal. Imo

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I love his toons, too - have since his excellent ones during the Iraq war

And I agree that the water crisis in Jackson was inexcusable!