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3. Tons and tons of insurance doesn't solve the problem

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2018, 11:42 AM

Sep 2018

The spills still happen, and much damage is done. The insurance is good only for helping the company to stay solvent to do the cleanup, which helps to keep the damage from getting worse or being worse than it otherwise would be.

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