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Environment & Energy

gtar100

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3. It's a states rights issue because pollution respects state borders.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 09:56 AM

Jan 2013

Air in Texas stops moving at the Texas border. The water in rivers starts flowing into Texas at the borders. So why on earth would environmental protections be a Federal issue? Huh, you smarty pants, big government liberals... answer me that!

"The power to regulate is the power to destroy." Another pithy "truthiness" statement for the conservative arsenal. Idiots.

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It's a states rights issue because pollution respects state borders. gtar100 Jan 2013 #3