The Station tragedy in West Warwick, Rhode Island - 98 lives
lost,hundreds with serious burn injuries - raises the question of
liability : WHOM To blame, the right target for legal vultures.
Without completely dismissing the possibility of genuine
criminal negligence - the owners of the night club did not even
carry workers compensation - I see just everyday, MAKE A BUCK
SAVE A BUCK CAPITALISM, PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE CAPITALISM - as
the only obvious villain in The Station tragedy. Let the lawyers
look for moral monsters in this mini- holocaust.
Again the tragedy shows how desperately this country needs
a national health care plan - where medical care is simply
guaranteed to the sick and the injured - with all the resources
AVAILABLE to the nation - guaranteed because health care is
quite simply a human right.
West Warwick should not be ruined by The Station
tragedy. The newspaper reports that the old Rhode Island
mill town - still haunted by the ghosts of the New England
Industrial Revolution - has only $4 million in liability
coverage through the Rhode Island Interlocal Trust( Boston
Herald, page 26 , March 6 )
Before the tragedy the hottest topic in West Warwick
was : to build or not to build a brand new Indian casino.
Lady Luck is such a bitch !
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