03-20-2017, 05:52 PM
(03-17-2017, 04:17 AM)Kinser79 Wrote:(03-17-2017, 02:50 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(03-16-2017, 12:05 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:(03-16-2017, 11:10 AM)The Wonkette Wrote:(03-15-2017, 03:58 PM)Galen Wrote: I never thought of it that way but your right. Should serve as an object lesson as to why governments need to be kept small.Yeah, except for the small detail that I enjoy breathing free air. Reducing pollution is one of those "externalities" that the free market isn't very good at handling.
For the sake of argument, this could probably be handled by common law as well, and was well into the 20th century. Injunctions stemming from personal injury claims were actually far stricter than later statutory rules. Part of the reasoning behind them was to protect corporations from nuisance lawsuits in the interests of development.
Which is what injunctions generally do; protect corporations, not the people.
Eric, I know you're an ignoramus, but you do realize that he just said that the statutory rules and Executive Department regulations were less (not more) strict than common law injunctions against corporations.
You classical liberals seem to like injunctions. How about this one?
Or maybe you prefer this one:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Pullman-Strike
To hell with your stupid injunctions and "common law." We had NO protection against greedy pollution until Earth Day, the Clean Air and Water Acts and the EPA. Drump just wants to allow the greedy bosses to pollute as much as they want. SomeGuy, Kinser and Galen don't give a tinker's damn whether they live in a bleepin' garbage dump or not. They think it's better for the economy to live in a garbage dump. I don't think so. Garbage does not produce for the economy. Poison is not good for it either. Disease is not good for the economy. Climate change is ruining it. SomeGuy, Galen and Kinser haven't the foggiest notion that you need an environment in order to have an economy. They don't live on Planet Earth; they live in the Twilight Zone.