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To: NormsRevenge
The bill sets a "dangerous precedent that private individuals must be paid to comply with an environmental law," said Rep. Nick Rahall of West Virginia, the committee's top Democrat.

"What's next? Paying citizens to wear seat belts? ... This bill will not improve species' ability to recover," he said.

How is paying to people to wear seat belts comparable to paying people when you take land away from the owners control to save some toad?

8 posted on 09/29/2005 4:57:22 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: w1andsodidwe
What's next? Paying citizens to wear seat belts? ... This bill will not improve species' ability to recover," he said. ____________________________________________________

How is paying to people to wear seat belts comparable to paying people when you take land away from the owners control to save some toad?

If a law absurdly required the driver to put the seat belt over their elbows....then the law would effectively render the vehicle useless, and the owner should be compensated.

72 posted on 10/02/2005 6:34:26 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (When Frist exercises his belated Constitutional "Byrd option", Reid will have a "Nuclear Reaction".)
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