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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.
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.
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.
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If we still had those jobs, our unemployment rate would be about 5%.
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
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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