№ 378: In Defense Of Mike Pence

AP: Pence family’s failed gas stations cost taxpayers $20M+

GARDEN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the “front row of the American dream.”

The collapse of Kiel Bros. Oil Co. in 2004 was widely publicized. Less known is that the state of Indiana — and, to a smaller extent, Kentucky and Illinois — are still on the hook for millions of dollars to clean up more than 85 contaminated sites across the three states, including underground tanks that leaked toxic chemicals into soil, streams and wells.

Indiana alone has spent at least $21 million on the cleanup thus far, or an average of about $500,000 per site, according to an analysis of records by The Associated Press. And the work is nowhere near complete.

It makes perfect sense 
Vice President Pence,

former gov of Indiana,

both then and in House

was quick to espouse

fixing the mess 
made by his 
family's failed business —
at taxpayers' expense, 

with the state's money, no less.

Poor women and children deserve their fate,

but businesses like his make America grate. 
(Sorry. Great, e-a-t, not a-t-e.)

If you pollute

you must be astute

to make taxpayers pay 

for what you loot.

First get connected,

then get elected.

Both easy-peasy

when you're God's selected*.

You'll be protected

but if you're suspected
just say you expect to do
what God directs you to.

You liberals, no doubt, 
think this reprehensible,
whereas to us Conservatives 
it's simply sensible.

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*The Atlantic: God's Plan for Mike Pence