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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 596708" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Jo, would you like to talk about the coal miners who have died the last few years in unsafe mines? Mines that were NOT inspected as they should have been? Or mining companies that were slapped on the wrist for having unsafe mines and figured they were better off paying the fines instead of fixing the problems? </p><p></p><p>Do you want to talk about the babies who died or were made sick by the toxic, lead based paint on toys allowed into this country? Toys that weren't inspected because the Consumer Product Safety agency was down to only one employee to inspect them?</p><p></p><p>I'm in the middle of an oil patch. Some of my family has worked for oil companies of various sizes all my life. I believe if not for the EPA, this country wouldn't be fit to live in. I've had cousins badly hurt on old oil field equipment that should not have been in service. But it was, they paid well, and 20 year olds think they're indestructable. </p><p></p><p>I'm pretty liberal and I think what you do on your own piece of land is your business.....unless it floats downstream and winds up in my cattle's water or my own water well. That's why we need environmental impact studies.</p><p></p><p>No, you won't convice me that we need fewer regulations. What we need is honest, across the board, enforcement of the regulations that are out there. That hasn't happened. If an industry is not willing to meet safety standards established by the industry and government, IMO, they shouldn't be in business. People shouldn't die because big business wants to make a few more bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 596708, member: 13"] Jo, would you like to talk about the coal miners who have died the last few years in unsafe mines? Mines that were NOT inspected as they should have been? Or mining companies that were slapped on the wrist for having unsafe mines and figured they were better off paying the fines instead of fixing the problems? Do you want to talk about the babies who died or were made sick by the toxic, lead based paint on toys allowed into this country? Toys that weren't inspected because the Consumer Product Safety agency was down to only one employee to inspect them? I'm in the middle of an oil patch. Some of my family has worked for oil companies of various sizes all my life. I believe if not for the EPA, this country wouldn't be fit to live in. I've had cousins badly hurt on old oil field equipment that should not have been in service. But it was, they paid well, and 20 year olds think they're indestructable. I'm pretty liberal and I think what you do on your own piece of land is your business.....unless it floats downstream and winds up in my cattle's water or my own water well. That's why we need environmental impact studies. No, you won't convice me that we need fewer regulations. What we need is honest, across the board, enforcement of the regulations that are out there. That hasn't happened. If an industry is not willing to meet safety standards established by the industry and government, IMO, they shouldn't be in business. People shouldn't die because big business wants to make a few more bucks. [/QUOTE]
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