Originally posted by GScholz
No, why should we stop polluting when someone else won't?
That's a rather typical selfish way of thinking. My neighbour refuse to clean up his back yard, so I won't bother cleaning up mine ... or stopping the crap from spreading to my other neighbours.
because it's a matter of the fact that our income/way of life depends on our "neighbors" in this situation.
The truth of the matter is that this treaty is economic suicide. Americans ARE willing to clean up but we want it to be fair so that if OUR economy is effected so is the rest of the poluting world. GS the truth of the matter is while America is a poluter by fact, we have more laws preventing polution and regulating industry in our country than any other in the world.
Look at California for instance. When you OVERREGULATE you drive business away and you end up in a bunk economy. Business moves to other states that don't regulate as much. Same goes for the "world economy". If business can manufacture in China for less they will. China will reap the benifits and OVERPOLUTE at the same time.
Now how is that gonna solve the problem?
