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The opposing logic, I suppose, is that now there’s no incentive to handle toxic waste recklessly? Or that modern industrialists care about the environment more?
by ethanbond 3y ago
The opposing logic, I suppose, is that now there’s no incentive to handle toxic waste recklessly? Or that modern industrialists care about the environment more? Or what?
All evidence points to industry trying to circumvent and negate environmental protections at every opportunity. So all evidence points to a regression if those protections are removed.
- version_five 3y agoI'm not talking about environmental protections at all, I'm talking specifically about the EPA. It would be interesting to see how it has grown over the last 50 years and the size of the administration vs people who do stuff (enforcement etc). If it's like most government agencies, a hard reset is not a bad idea.
- klyrs 3y ago> Maybe it is still doing good work. ... I really don't know. Nothingburger. You say you're ignorant, hand-wave an argument that government is generally bad, and conclude that a "hard reset" is not a bad idea. This line of reasoning screams "chesterson's fence."