WV Mining disaster 2

It occurs to me that the last post seemed a little flip and as if I was scoring political points on a very tragic event. I am not. I do feel terrible for the families of those who were lost. I am also, however, aware that there are questions that need to be asked about how the workers of this country are being served by the federal regulators that are supposed to be responsible for their safety. What does it say that the job of looking after the safety of miners was given to mine owner/operators who are at best more consious of their bottom lines than their duty to the workers that they hire to do the back-breaking physical work? Do we really need to have an event like this to find out that keeping people safe should be a priority? There are 12 families that think that there should be more safety on the job right now. At least 12. This kind of calculus is easy for a four old to understand. We need to hold our leaders to at least that level.