This is my prediction. One day soon some controversial project will be approved and someone will point out that there was no one saying that it would be bad for the environment.
It is cheaper for business not to pay to keep the environment safe, but if it is not paid for when the damage occurs, or rather if the damage is prevented in the first place, it will have to be paid for when the mess has to be cleaned up.
Example time: carry a dish of water from one sink around your room back to the sink and put all the water into the sink. If you spill it you have to pick up all the water and put it back in the sink. You have to take the water out of the mop, out of the dish cloth, out of the rug; it all has to come out. The EPA tells you that you should not fill up the dish all the way so the spills are less. They might say you have to put the water in a covered container for transport so it won't spill. Water is simple, it is not toxic to the environment, no one cares you spilt it in your house, but imagine if it is oil or chemicals or liquified human waste—you would not want any of those to be spilled in your house.
The EPA costs money, but it saves more money. In the above example, if you had to carry a third of the material in a double sealed thermos and had to take three trips, you would save more time doing that than putting it in an open container filled to the brim after you spend time cleaning up your house.
That president also said that he would not mind if the USA began torturing its prisoners. He also said that he was going to put a stop to admitting Refugees for 120 days and afterwards he was going to stop admitting refugees from some Islamic countries, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and others. It would be noted that the perpetrators of the 911 terrorist plot were from Saudi Arabia and were not refugees. The countries on the ban are not American allies, but it is ironic that the American allies are responsible for most of the attacks in America. It could be argued that Americans have performed more attacks on these countries that could be labeled as terrorist attacks. Drone attacks that drop bombs and shoot people are a form of terrorism, just one that uses advanced technology instead of low technology.
Trade prediction. Trump will stop companies from leaving the States, but those companies will need to import foreigners into America to work those jobs, because Americans won't want to work them.
They will build a wall to keep the Mexicans out of their country, from crossing the boarder illegally, but the idea that they are coming by bus across the desert is false. They come by bus, airbus; they fly in and they land in big airports. They will never see the wall. The foreign workers are busy taking jobs away from Americans that don't want them. They don't want them because they don't pay much and the hours are too long and the work is too hard. Americans don't want to do a job that requires them to work 72 hours a week for pay that is substandard and is physically demanding. No one does. They would rather not, but they are working for a family in another country. Free trade employs these people in their own country and allows them to raise the standard of living in the entire nation.
Once upon a time made in Taiwan and South Korea meant that the goods were cheap and low quality, because that is where the inexpensive goods were made, then it was China, now it is Bangladesh. China is now making computers, iPhones and cars. China is soon to be the biggest economy in the world. This is what free Trade does. Free Trade also intertwines our economies together. A linked economy means that when war occurs, or suffering occurs, the effects are felt by both. If China has strong economic links with the World, it is not going to go to war with the world. North Korea, has very few links to the world and it is constantly threatening to go to war with the world.
This new president is damaging the environment and damaging the world. Moreover, it is hurting itself for very short term gain.
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