"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Tom S." wrote in message
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So you both consider the only alternatives to be A) $300 billion worth
of
often contradictory regulations, or B) massive pollution?? Hmmmm...!!??


No, what I said is that enviornmental regulation is not a major cause of
jobs moving offshore.

It's may not be THE FIRST cause, but it is one of MANY.

You have to realize that most of your $300B figure is
going to reduce pollution and that is reducing cost somewhere else.

I've seen very good estimates that by getting the EPA and their political
hacks out of it, the cost of cleaning up and keeping the environment CLEANER
would be about one-sixth the present cost.

I notice, too, that most states/cities that have emmissions checks on
vehicles cleaverly exempt the worst pollutors. A UColorado/Denver study in
1995 showed that over 80% of pollution (in the Denver area) was caused by
about 10% of vehicles, but under Colorado law, those 10% were largely
exempt).

Wanna guess WHY they were exempt? (Hint: it's easier to BS 50 legislators,
than 1 million consumers).