RE: [greenyes] Sorry - as a general lurker

[Helen Spiegelman <hspie@no.address>]

Kennedy also says in the same speech:

I believe the free market is the most efficient, democratic way to 
distribute the goods of the land and benefits of our nation. In a true 
free-market system you can't make yourself rich without making your 
neighbors rich, and without enriching your community. But polluters make 
themselves rich by making everybody else poor. You show me pollution and 
I'll show you a subsidy. I'll show you somebody who's cheating in the free 
market; somebody who's devised a way, usually using political clout, to 
force the public to pay the costs of production.

Ask yourself why the big producers of throwaway products and packaging are 
using their clout and influence through America Recycles Day to keep mayors 
and councils paying for municipal recycling.

Helen.

At 11:03 AM 04/14/2003 -0500, Maine, Bruce wrote:
> Helen Spiegelman wrote:  Why should cities and towns pay for programs
> that could and should be provided by the producers, as a form of
> mandatory "extended warrantee"?
>
> Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his speech at the Commonwealth Club remarked
> "You show me pollution and I'll show you a subsidy. I'll show you
> somebody who's cheating in the free market; somebody who's devised a
> way, usually using political clout, to force the public to pay the costs
> of production.   If you don't believe that environmental injury is
> deficit spending, look at the nations that didn't invest in the
> environment in the 1970s the way we did in this country."
>
> http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/02/02-02kennedy-speech.html
>
> It's a good read for Earth Day!
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Maine
> Research Director - Sustainable Design Services
> LEED Accredited Professional
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