Pollution is job killers

There are always two sides to a story. But if we just listen to the pro-pollution conservative, you would think they were fighting a battle against “Regulation Mongers.” Regulation for regulation’s sake. Regulations that is loved and embraced by legislating control freaks. Sometimes known as Liberals.

You would think there is a war against job producing industries. Industries such as coal burning power plants, mounting top exploding coal mining, hydraulic fracturing gas producers, and others. And again, war against businesses that create jobs. Jobs the out of work would like to have.

But wait, it seems regulation are put in place to protect us from ourselves. Jobs that produce hazardous or polluted environments. Polluting ground water. Damaging and polluting nearby streams and animal habitats. Pollution that fills the air with hazardous materials. Mercury and carbon dioxide. Both if ingested or breathed in large quantities could kill people, plant life, and local animals. But to regulate these industries is a job killer. Never mind the byproduct of CO2 and mercury can also be a job killer. Killing the workers themselves and their families.

If you want to talk about job killers, you could make a good case for growing marijuana. Growing marijuana provides many jobs and good money. Why regulate the growing, harvesting, and selling of marijuana? Well, because it is heavily regulated and rightly so.

Never the less, the true conservative could be characterized as pro-smog. Pro-water polluting. Pro-air polluting. And, people killers. From methane polluted ground water to hazardous working conditions for miners. All producing killing situations. The ultimate job killer.