Bruddah IZ
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You don't know? How much pollution do you pump in to the environment
Essential Economics for Politicians
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Hüsker Dü
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Compared to Koch industries? I don't have the assets to pay politicians to allow me to be a mass polluter . . . by products happen, but what is it conservatives use to say about "personal responsibility"? If corporations are really people (see: Citizens United ruling/Mitt Romney) then don't you feel they need to show some personal responsibility as well? Or are you more in favor of rolling back all restrictions in the, once again, false narrative (see: trickle down theory) that it will "create jobs"?
Bruddah IZ
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I'm not comparing you to a corporation. I'm comparing you to all the other people that demand Koch products that make their lives much better.
Bruddah IZ
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I do believe in corporate responsibility. But it's hard to make a profit if you're killing off your customers.
Hüsker Dü
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I'm just asking that we ALL act responsibly and that the mega wealthy aren't allowed to buy their way out of that responsibility.
Bruddah IZ
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Again, the rich didn't get rich by killing off their costumers and the environment they live in.
Hüsker Dü
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The poor, the ones that are forced to live down stream, adjacent to gross polluting facilities aren't considered their customer base, at least not one given much thought. Ever see the movie, Erin Brockovich? It ain't fiction.
Hüsker Dü
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It's story of greed and disregard for human life.
Bruddah IZ
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Nope it isn't. Again, companies don't get rich or make profits by making Erin Brokovich rich and her clients sick. Great story.
Bruddah IZ
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Where was the EPA?
Bla...bla...bla...blaaaaaaa.................
Ramble on Daffy.
Bruddah IZ
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Seriously, where was the EPA? Wasn't it their job to monitor PG&E? They were gross polluters as you said and I would expect the EPA to at least be aware of gross polluters.
Hüsker Dü
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Under staffed and under funded . . . and now even more so.
Bruddah IZ
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But they were gross polluters according to you. How is that the EPA doesn't know who the gross polluters are?
Hüsker Dü
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I don't know, you tell me, that is entirely your line of thought, you brought that up not me, so you provide the answers. Were they paid off? Bribed?
Wez
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That PG&E case changed the regulatory playbook at the EPA.
Bruddah IZ
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Or incompetent. Maybe they were wooooed by Erin B
Hüsker Dü
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That's all you got? All that build up, as if this time you actually knew something, then poof, yet another popcorn fart like always.
Bruddah IZ
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Oh right. Ummm yes. The underfunded, under staffed EPA that couldn't control gross polluters. Please make your case for funding another incompetent government agency.