“Rules for thee, but not for me.”
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“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions.
Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
[Edit: added alt text to photo thanks to @meganL]
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“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions.
Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
[Edit: added alt text to photo thanks to @meganL]
@aburtch Wilmington's water is a disaster. Even down in Brunswick county where I have a house, there are signs of this cavalier attitude. Only the little people live on the coast.
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@aburtch Wilmington's water is a disaster. Even down in Brunswick county where I have a house, there are signs of this cavalier attitude. Only the little people live on the coast.
@noplasticshower It’s so infuriating how stuff like this would ruin someone’s life if it happened to an individual, but when a corporation does it there are literally zero repercussions.
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“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions.
Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
[Edit: added alt text to photo thanks to @meganL]
White collar crime is FAR worse than blue collar crime, and yet it isn’t regulated, investigated, or even treated as crime.
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“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions.
Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
[Edit: added alt text to photo thanks to @meganL]
@aburtch We live in societies that are structured solely to serve capital.
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@aburtch We live in societies that are structured solely to serve capital.
@wackJackle Exactly. And that's the yoke we must break.
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@wackJackle Exactly. And that's the yoke we must break.
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“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions.
Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
[Edit: added alt text to photo thanks to @meganL]
@aburtch Alt text: "NC company avoids $500K fine after years of polluting river
By Virginia Bridges and Lily Carey
After dumping chemicals into the Cape Fear River for years, American Distillation Inc. avoided a $500,000 fine, and its owner secured a delay in reporting to prison.
American Distillation pleaded guilty in December 2025 to knowingly discharging pollutants into the Cape Fear River over four years. Under its plea agreement, the company faced a fine of up to $500,000 and agreed to establish and enforce an environmental compliance plan.
The company intended to meet those obligations when it signed the agreement, its attorney wrote in August. But its 'current financial circumstances are such that the company does have the funds to pay a fine and may not be able to afford to implement the ECP,' the filing states.
Prosecutors sought the maximum fine during Friday's sentencing hearing in the federal Eastern District of North Carolina, but US District Judge" cont'd #AltText
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@aburtch Alt text: "NC company avoids $500K fine after years of polluting river
By Virginia Bridges and Lily Carey
After dumping chemicals into the Cape Fear River for years, American Distillation Inc. avoided a $500,000 fine, and its owner secured a delay in reporting to prison.
American Distillation pleaded guilty in December 2025 to knowingly discharging pollutants into the Cape Fear River over four years. Under its plea agreement, the company faced a fine of up to $500,000 and agreed to establish and enforce an environmental compliance plan.
The company intended to meet those obligations when it signed the agreement, its attorney wrote in August. But its 'current financial circumstances are such that the company does have the funds to pay a fine and may not be able to afford to implement the ECP,' the filing states.
Prosecutors sought the maximum fine during Friday's sentencing hearing in the federal Eastern District of North Carolina, but US District Judge" cont'd #AltText
@meganL Thank you. Adding it now.
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@aburtch Alt text: "NC company avoids $500K fine after years of polluting river
By Virginia Bridges and Lily Carey
After dumping chemicals into the Cape Fear River for years, American Distillation Inc. avoided a $500,000 fine, and its owner secured a delay in reporting to prison.
American Distillation pleaded guilty in December 2025 to knowingly discharging pollutants into the Cape Fear River over four years. Under its plea agreement, the company faced a fine of up to $500,000 and agreed to establish and enforce an environmental compliance plan.
The company intended to meet those obligations when it signed the agreement, its attorney wrote in August. But its 'current financial circumstances are such that the company does have the funds to pay a fine and may not be able to afford to implement the ECP,' the filing states.
Prosecutors sought the maximum fine during Friday's sentencing hearing in the federal Eastern District of North Carolina, but US District Judge" cont'd #AltText
@aburtch "Louise Flanagan declined to impose one, US Attorney Ellis Boyle said.
Instead, Flanagan gave the company 90 days to submit its environmental compliance plan and retain an independent environmental consultant, according to the US Attorney's Office for the federal Eastern District of North Carolina.
If the company fails to do so, it will face a $100,000 fine. The company was also sentenced to five years probation, allowing the court to supervise the implementation of the plan. Other conditions in-" #AltText4You
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