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It's certainly logistically complex and you're going to lose a lot of money just to handling regulations. This is generally why I'm in favor of greater federal
by const_cast 1y ago
It's certainly logistically complex and you're going to lose a lot of money just to handling regulations. This is generally why I'm in favor of greater federal protections and less per-state regulation. It has a lot of unintended consequences.
Also, companies are greedy. They can, and will, just move and leave you high and dry, if you regulate at the source (manufacturing). So you have to not regulate at the source, which is kind of worse. It leads to a lot of tragedy of the commons situations. Maybe Company X is poisoning the water supply and State Y says "no more!". They just move to Texas or some other state that doesn't give a fuck about it's residents and continue poisoning the water supply. State Y will still be affected, maybe they drink from the same water shed. And State Y is also economically harmed, while Texas comes out ahead.