Essential Economics for Politicians

Bruddah IZ said:
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.
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You mean, "underfund" then ask why they aren't effective? Reminds me of the State Departments request for funds to keep embassies safe that a Republican Congress denied, then asked why they weren't better protected.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
You mean, "underfund" then ask why they aren't effective? Reminds me of the State Departments request for funds to keep embassies safe that a Republican Congress denied, then asked why they weren't better protected.
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Underfunding is always the excuse for incompetence.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
The EPA has done some good things. Nobody will argue that point.
Like all government bureaucracies, they eventually become bloated, cumbersome, and domineering.
To blame their failures on "under funding" is worthless and weak.
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The EPA can't catch everything, just like cops can't. Under-funding them just makes things worse. The Hinkley case was a lesson learned for the EPA.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
The EPA has done some good things. Nobody will argue that point.
Like all government bureaucracies, they eventually become bloated, cumbersome, and domineering.
To blame their failures on "under funding" is worthless and weak.
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What kind of budget did ratʻs girl Erin Brokovich have?
 
nononono said:
And it's not factually correct....
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It's a dramatic representation of actual events, it's not a documentary. Are you siding with those that caused people, children, to die needlessly due to the unreported and illegal pollutants pumped into the environment?
 
Hüsker Dü said:
It's a dramatic representation of actual events, it's not a documentary. Are you siding with those that caused people, children, to die needlessly due to the unreported and illegal pollutants pumped into the environment?
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Best get the documentary. "Pretty Woman's" boyfriend was probably on the board of PG&E.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
It's a dramatic representation of actual events, it's not a documentary. Are you siding with those that caused people, children, to die needlessly due to the unreported and illegal pollutants pumped into the environment?
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Right, how is Erin the bad guy in the nutter world???
 
Hüsker Dü said:
It's a dramatic representation of actual events, it's not a documentary. Are you siding with those that caused people, children, to die needlessly due to the unreported and illegal pollutants pumped into the environment?
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Absolutely NOT...It's just not factually correct.

Kinda like Barry's book......
 
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