So will the costs of manufacturing. That means more jobs heading overseas. There’s a relatively simple way to neuter the EPA. Currently the EPA does not need to do a cost benefit analysis of the effects of new regulations. By requiring that along with including the effects on jobs and the effects of increased pollution in foreign countries with little or no environmental regulations, the EPA would be looking at some shocking numbers.
An example would be battery recycling that was forced out of this country to other countries with no child labor laws. What was the impact of that?
For those of you that live in voting districts represented by Republicans, get on the phone and pitch the cost benefit analysis requirement. I’m calling on Monday.
“For those of you that live in voting districts represented by Republicans, get on the phone and pitch the cost benefit analysis requirement. I’m calling on Monday.”
Great idea. I was working at a gravel pit today that is trying to reopen. Most of the others around have been closed down due to evironmental permits, noise, etc. This one is trying to mitigate the noise effects on nearby neighbors. Of course the neighbors moved in after the pit had already been in operation for 20 years!
But all of the added costs really hinder the development of our resources. I just read where Germany got out of the Depression by exploiting natural resources. Granted, they were resources from the countries they invaded. But we need to invade our own country and smash through the barriers of evironmental regulations and wilderness designations.
Not to rape the land, but to use the resources it has in a reasonable and conservationist manner. And as one who loves the outdoors and the natural environment, I can guarantee that even if half of our regulations were dismantled we would still be far better stewards of the land than the Chinese, Indonesians, etc. will ever be.
I was also wondering how much fuel and carbon is put out when the Chinese ship us boatloads of gravel and cement and trees and iron and..... to us? Doesn’t THAT bother the Greenies?