The West Virginia mining disaster was caused by deregulation.
The CEO of the Massey Energy literally bought himself a judge. Corrupted absolutely, 29 dead later. This is the Reagan Revolution coming home to roost. Finance, Mines, Oil and Debt are all manmade disasters brought on by deregulation and the meme that government is bad.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/finance-mine-oil-debt-dis_b_563534.html
Massey Energy told employees that if they miss work to attend the funerals they would be fired.
Source:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/mine-a12.shtml?sick
Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, complained last year that it is very difficult� to obey nonsensical� safety rules.
On April 5th , 25 miners died in an explosion at his Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, WV, which had racked up thousands of safety violations.
