The Big Dog's Big Lie

[_Liann_]

130. Nixon started it with Clean Water, Clear Air, Osha & EPA.

The hippy environmentalism of the 1960s forced Nixon to produce the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, OSHA and the EPA. It's difficult for today's young adults to believe now that 20-somethings could force fundamental changes in capitalism and govt accountability. However, it happened, not only bring down the Vietnam War, but forcing on America an end to wanton pollution and murder of workers and bystanders.

Capitalism began making it's plans to relocate from that point, with border boom of Mexican industrialization coinciding with the tougher US environmental limits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquiladora
During the later half of the sixties, maquiladora industries rapidly expanded geographically and economically and by 1985, had become Mexico’s second largest source of income from foreign exports, behind oil.[8] Since 1973, maquiladoras have also accounted for nearly half of Mexico’s export assembly.[8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_%28United_States%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war