Vosh@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that Ohio is a major importer of fracking radioactive wastewater. Contaminated water gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. Local communities are not notified www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ohio is a major importer of fracking radioactive wastewater. Contaminated water gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. Local communities are not notified www.nytimes.comVosh@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days ago Sure, you pay less in tax But generally more in “fees” and other things that are really taxes but just aren’t called that.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThere is the passage in Pratchetts book, where magicians argue that they don’t have to pay taxes to the city. I can’t find it online, but in the end, they did not pay taxes - just voluntary tribute, in the same amount, of course.
minus-squarequarkquasar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoAlso, I’ve heard there’s a chance there’s radioactive fracking water all over the place
But generally more in “fees” and other things that are really taxes but just aren’t called that.
There is the passage in Pratchetts book, where magicians argue that they don’t have to pay taxes to the city.
I can’t find it online, but in the end, they did not pay taxes - just voluntary tribute, in the same amount, of course.
Also, I’ve heard there’s a chance there’s radioactive fracking water all over the place