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Old 01-28-2011, 12:52 PM
 
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The problem with such regulations is that the effects aren't just local. For example, if a local government approves an industry that benefits the city's economy (and relaxes regulations irresponsibly for a variety of reasons) but pollutes a river, cities downstream will have to just deal with it?

I think we have to be united against every common cause as opposed to being fragmented and divided society that we tend to be.
I ment to say both local and fedural control. That is what I was trying to say sorry for not being clear.
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Old 01-28-2011, 12:54 PM
 
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Thanx for the link.

We need better less restrictive easier to comply with regulations. Downsizing goberment is a good thing. States should definatly have a local control to balance the fedurale control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRLKmjpo0I
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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China is stomping us only because we allow them to. We gave them favorable trade status, we started trading with them. China would still be a rice paddy without our jobs moving over there. We brought this on ourselves, and no one in government wants to admit that





Six million manufacturing jobs and counting.

OPINION: Clinton's briefing recalls failure on China trade | Asia > East Asia from AllBusiness.com (http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-legislative/15385741-1.html - broken link)


If we still had those jobs, our unemployment rate would be about 5%.
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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China is stomping us only because we allow them to. We gave them favorable trade status, we started trading with them. China would still be a rice paddy without our jobs moving over there. We brought this on ourselves, and no one in government wants to admit that
The American public doesn't want to admit that.
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:37 PM
 
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A few more reasons... China is the model for American conservatives, after all:



This is something I expect a conservative utopia to look like...




From NASA...


What does Chinese household garbage (center) or the red-colored water (lower) have to do with mining operations in the US?

US mining operations typically erect berms to prevent contamination of nearby bodies of water, so I really don't see how one relates to the other.
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Old 01-28-2011, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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What does Chinese household garbage (center) or the red-colored water (lower) have to do with mining operations in the US?

US mining operations typically erect berms to prevent contamination of nearby bodies of water, so I really don't see how one relates to the other.
Who do you think told them to do that?
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Old 01-28-2011, 03:06 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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What does Chinese household garbage (center) or the red-colored water (lower) have to do with mining operations in the US?

US mining operations typically erect berms to prevent contamination of nearby bodies of water, so I really don't see how one relates to the other.
Regulations.
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