Another of the great lies of
conservative dogma is their insistence that doing anything to clean up the
environment is futile and destructively expensive. That's the same as living like a
pig because cleaning up is too much trouble. How much is the improved health of the
American people worth to Republicans? I already know the answer and it’s not
much. When they talk about freedom for the individual what they really mean is
freedom for wealthy individuals and if the poor don’t like it they should just
work harder and if they want cleaner air they should vacation in Aspen.
From The
Atlantic:
In some cities, policymakers have had
success with creatively limiting the exposure of asthmatics to pollution. For
example, in Stockholm, Sweden, a “congestion tax” levied
by cameras on vehicles in heavy-traffic parts of the city reduced smog and
emissions and in turn reduced asthma attacks among kids by as much as 50
percent.
But why should America let a 50%
reduction in childhood asthma get in the way of your right to own a 12 cylinder
automobile or force you to put a filter on your industrial smokestack that is
puking out toxins into the community?
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