so, they farmed it out to the lowest bidder and probably didn't do any due diligence on checking if the company could do it safely. therefore they can wash their hands of it when shit hits the fan? i think in most countries when a company offloads dangerous work to a sub contractor the parent company bears a bunch of responsibility too.

just as an example, i work for a primary contractor that has a contract with a big ISP here, we're doing the fibre install. my company also sub contracts to other companies to do the install. recently someone slipped on some ice when she walked into one of the sub contractors work area. the area was pylonned and there were signs, but there was no sign for pedestrian diversion. so she's suing the company i work for, and the isp company is also liable for some of the damages too.

same thing if while drilling someone hit's a buried line, it isn't just the sub contractor that's responsible alone. otherwise every company would just offload dangerous work or work that has high risk off to some smaller company and when that smaller company cuts corners they're off the hook.

ah rio tinto. the company that destroyed historical artifacts and indigenous sites, then apologized for it. even though they knew what they were doing before they did it. now they dumped some radioactive shit, and oh boy they're totally so super sorry again.

you need the illusion that cops are there to help all of us, otherwise the masses might go anarchic, which isn't good for the rich.

protect property. but not poor people's property. they'll work on violent crimes too, but even then that sometimes depends.

one of the reasons credit card scams took a massive nosedive is because laws were passed that made credit card companies liable for customers being scammed. that forced them to improve their security. there needs to be something similar done for banks and the credit rating agencies need to be taken to task as they have some of the worst security ever.

anyway my questions is, do you know of any laws being proposed to do this? are there even any politicians in america paying attention to this at all?

which synthetics keep you warm while wet? having worked outside in winters for many years i haven't found much that works well when soaking wet aside from wool.