Trump gets Dems to advocate for free market system

[Belsnickel]

(06-05-2017, 01:39 PM)Millhouse Wrote: A great example of this in a roundabout way is the nuclear lobby & Obama. Obama signed us on the Paris accord, wanted to delve away from coal power plants, invest in alternative energies, and generally wanted to be seen as a friend to the environment.

However, what doesnt get talked about much he was very pro-nuclear power, even giving billions in loan guarantees into building two new nuke plants, which of course would have emitted a ton of carbon into the air when it came to the mining, construction, etc. that goes into a nuclear plant. And then the long term hazards of a nuclear plant are mindboggling scary. If one of these plants would have a complete meltdown with a massive explosion, hundreds of square miles would be uninhabitable for thousands of years. But the risk is worth it because it is deemed to be cleaner than a modern 'cleaner' coal plant?

Then throw in the fact the epa regulation which he approved in the last month there that greatly increased the amount of radiation in our water supply in case of a disaster or nuke attack, without them having to notify the public unless it reaches those levels (which can either be lethal or cancerous over a few months span), it should make one wonder what his environmental legacy is. Because when one looks into it, they will find that he has been supported by the nuclear lobby (Exelon) going back to his early days as a state rep. 

This is absolutely one of those cases. I do want to make it clear to everyone that this is not a Democrat/Republican thing, this is the direction of both parties. Remember, it was Clinton who said "the era of big government is over." This is the type of thing that he was referring to, less reliance on the bureaucracy and more involvement from the private sector. The only problem is that when you make your own rules, you often do so at the expense of the public good. But, since the government, those that are tasked with insuring the public good, are being paid by those making and having to abide by the rules they aren't going to do much about it and the only difference between whether we are talking about Ds or Rs is which industries they are viewing more favorably.