People in general simply don’t want to be inconvenienced and probably don’t see invasive species as their problem.
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But it will become their problem as local taxes are raise to cover clean up costs.
“But it will become their problem as local taxes are raise to cover clean up costs.”
While I agree with you, the idea of higher taxes is remote and abstract compared with a cranky wife and whiney kids. The one is a potential in the future while the other is real and immediate.