Promoting quiet recreation in Wisconsin.
Opposing the coming attempts to sell off Wisconsin's natural heritage.
Fighting denial about climate change. When are we hitting the streets?


Saturday, March 27, 2010

Water resources and the environment

Give credit where its due: Lakeland Time's Richard Moore writes an article that inches (comparatively) towards balance: Instead of simply aligning business interests against regulation, he quotes a number of sources that point out that water resources are important to property values, business, and health.

What would really be helpful would be to show a map of Wisconsin that highlighted:
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-Past water problems and how much they cost taxpayers and businesses to clean up or fix.
-Potential future water problems and how much they will cost the taxpayers and businesses if they occur.

Too often, costs to business are only put on one side of the regulatory question. Regulation certainly has its costs, but sometimes, lack of regulation costs even more.

Since I don't have to be fair and balanced, It must be said that Representative Scott Gunderson seems like the kind of knob that believes there is no problem an unregulated free market economy can't fix, therefore, water resources and global warming can't be real problems.

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