StrangerThan -> RE: Obama: "Once again, Bush was right, and I was wrong." (9/3/2011 6:27:38 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Sanity Ya think that maybe, just maybe, business and jobs go hand in hand? Or that for some strange some reason that absolutely befuddle you and jlf, a lot of people actually value jobs? quote:
ORIGINAL: erieangel Yes and we all know that protecting American businesses is far more important than protecting public health. I'm sure every person alive values having some clean air to breathe too. Want clean water?? One of my mother's several husbands was a part time commercial fisherman, in the mid70s he lost that job because the fishing industry on Lake Erie went bust due to how badly polluted the lake was. One of Clinton's major accomplishments was to clean up the Great Lakes and the fishing industry on Lake Erie has been making a slow but steady come back these past years. The US Chamber of Commerce has applauded Obama's decision. At the same time, Obama has claimed his decision was based upon the regulations due to come online in 2013--he is avoiding the cost of instituting new rules at this time and waiting for the implementation of even tougher rules later (or so he claims). And actually regulations should be good for business because tough regulations mean fewer people calling in sick after breathing the smog-filled air. Fewer people calling in sick keeps health care costs down, increases productivity and lowers the cost of hiring temporary workers. Once again, the majority of the country are looking at the short terms of 'business as usual' rather than looking at the long term gains the changes would have caused. If you folks really despised Bush, you should be cranking on your man. I mean hell, every time I turn around it's like he's following the same footsteps. We got tarps and stimulus, gitmo and gitmo, wars and wars, decades and 2024, the Patriot Act and the Patriot Act, expansions of power and expansions of power... But Yay! he's a DEMOCRAT and that makes everything better.
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