Where oh where is America going?

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Originally Posted by fabsroman

Let me start off with saying that I am not in favor of Cap & Trade. However, I am in favor of some sort of regulation regarding pollution.

Why isn't everybody that is up in arms about carbon pollution (e.g., the smog you see in LA and the haze in New York City) up in arms about laws regarding littering? The crap being belched into the sky is the same thing as the crap being throw on the side of the road, just slightly different. When you live in Wyoming with nice clean air and beautiful skies, or on the Eastern Shore well away from DC, I guess this isn't that much of a concern.

As far as other countries are concerned, there isn't much we can do about them until they wise up. Again, WE could stop buying their goods, but that will not happen either because WE want everything made under the sun and WE want it as cheap as possible. I've been looking at Made In labels lately, and they are all made in China. It really pisses me off.

FYI - this government doesn't have a clue what they want except that they want to be re-elected, and it isn't looking that good for them in 2010 from what I have seen. What really talks is the lobby money. That is what really controls the government. Without that money and those backers, these politicians cannot get re-elected.

Let's answer this by paragaph.. Let me ask you Fabs..when has the government ever regulated anything for the common good in a reasonably competent manner.. . Governments are born to regulate but also born to fail miserably for the most part.

As far as the 2nd paragraph..you know not where of you speak. The Eastern shore air is even worse than the air yo breath. It is also one of the most cancer ridden areas in the US. as far as Wyoming..the only reaon the air here is clean to breath is because we have no "major" cities and few people. But we do have the west coast air to breath. As far as the world's air..Tell me Fabs..how do 300 million people affect the world so much more negatively than a Billion in India and a billion and a half(or more ) in China..And the Billion or so in all of Europe? Yep...we use more carboniferous fuels than China..or India.. but that is changing fast and they surely are not going to TAX themselves like the idiots in Washington want to do to us. That is ALL Cap and Trade is. A tax on us the consumer and a way for some businesses to make MUCH more money. Give us a real workable solution to our ecological problems.. I doubt you can do any better than the goobers running this country..Dems or Repubs.. Regulation really isn't the key...unless you want to regulate the coal using companies and make them stop polluting without charging the consumer for their polluting ways. Make 'em fix it without charging..TAKE HALF OF THEIR PROFIT and make 'em pay to fix the problems with the lost revenue. They have NO incentive to fix it..unless they can make a profit by doing so....ergo...Cap and Trade. And BIG Business will embrace cap and Trade because they can make more money from it. Let's point the fingers in the right direction.

As far as the politicians..It ain't looking good for who?? The Dems or the Repubs.. There ain't 'nuff difference between the two to make a hill of beans. Never thought I would say this but we need to make Term Limits and do it soon. 2 Terms and that is it.. even if it is 2 terms as dog catcher that is it. NO more anything. And we NEED to do away with all these people that work on the Congressmen and Senators. The corrupting influence of these Lobbyists is tremendous. Let's make lobbying illegal..and term limits will also reduce the amount of influence that lobbyists could bring to bear. The Dems are paying through OUR noses to make certain they are re-elected. I call them Dems but way too many are not democrats but Marxists. They are not much different than despots who take from you and give to those that will support them...rich or poor. Lets make 13 million illegals citizens..6 million will vote democrat next election..talk about corruption??? And there is a move afoot to remove the constitutional amendment limiting the president to two terms.. Shades of dictatorship!!