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- From: drevik@utkvx3.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: The hidden costs of Environmentalism : A case study
- Keywords: r-12, cars, big bucks
- Message-ID: <27JAN199308181657@utkvx3.utk.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 13:18:00 GMT
- References: <C1Hs2M.3DH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan27.061426.11591@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan27.061426.11591@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin) writes...
- >In article <C1Hs2M.3DH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer kyle cramm) writes:
- >
- >> I am not against protecting the environment, but should we have to pay
- >>this type of cost? Why didn't someone figure out a way to lower the cost
- >>before they implemented the regulations?
- >
- >That's a job for the free market. Instead of complaining, invent a method that
- >will do it for $10 and still stay within the regulations and you will become
- >filthy rich.
-
- Here, here! My company is doing VERY well in the midst (or tail end,
- perhaps) of a deep recession. Our business is supplying products to
- help power generating utilities comply with the new Clean Air Act.
- My division has increased its staffing 300% over the past five years,
- and my company can support average raises of 13%.
-
- Government regulation has been around forever. You can either complain
- about it, or you can make it work for you.
-