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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
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Let's talk environmental policy. Environmental corporate externalities, e.g. pollution, are bourne by society as a whole. By other people's children. In other neighborhoods. Even in other countries. Too bad The Right doesn't include that in it's cost structure, even though it can be quanitfied. The lowered regulatory standards under Bush externalize a HUGE cost. A cost that will have to be paid for when the externalities eventually visibly and horribly materialize via cancer, lung disease and clean-up costs.
But cancer isn't money, so this cost isn't included. And increased environmental standards hinder economic growth, right? Who gives a shit if my kid or your kid pays for it later when he gets lukemia when growth increased by 7% instead of 5% b/c the utility pollution regulations were relaxed.
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We covered this in the old days on the Infirm politics boards. The not_Right (is that you?) used scare tactics to ban DDT. Now (insert some huge number) of children die every year because of mosquito-borne diseases.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's)? I dare you to look for any study that reasonably demonstrates they are dangerous.
You want to know the greatest environmental impact in this country? Suburbs are the greatest environmental impact.
You want to know why suburbs exist? Because the Democrats have completely fucked up almost every one of America's major cities. Look around you in Chicago. Who's the boogeyman in your wasteland? Daley? Mell? Blagoyevich? Madigan?
(lowering his voice) Obviously this is a much bigger topic, and I'll be happy to discuss it on a separate thread any time here.
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