One would think that what happened in Flint, Michigan, the last 18 months or so, is surely out of the question, and just not possible in the United States of America. But check out this recent article in the The Flint Journal that chronicles the series of bad decisions, bad governing and utter lack of care for the well-being of people, that resulted in the lead poisoning of the residents of Flint – and particularly its most vulnerable ones : young children.