I mean, it’s not for purely altruistic reasons…

Lead fucks people up and slowly turns them into rage addicted assholes.

We got enough of those these days, I’d like the amount to go down over the next couple decades. So I never skip a chance to talk about the dangers of lead exposure

The good news is it’s not something that really changes.

Just test your home once, it’s not like you need to constantly monitor it.

I boil mine because I like the way it tastes–it’s sweeter

That’s actually a really bad sign…

The most likely thing to make water taste sweet is lead, and heating up water with lead makes it even sweeter.

And that’s 100% a problem you need to look out for in America.

Because the building was an asset during the sale…

On paper it was “smart” to have it there because it was a tangible asset. Long term it was a waste of money, but canceling would have been worse before the sale because it would have been an immediate loss affecting the price.

Just kicking the can down the road

Also, people like him care about the high score.

Losing 50% of his wealth wouldn’t change his lifestyle. But it would destroy his ego and make him keep making rasher decisions until it’s all gone.

He’ll keep taking risks he doesn’t need to, and since he’s leveraging against other holdings, it becomes a house of cards situation real quick.

There was escrow fail-safes.

If they didn’t pay, there was funds sitting there to avoid downtime.

Took a while to burn through them, then they never got replenished.

“unintentional landing”