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Article #31Re: Gas Tax Debate on NPR
From: Howard Gayle
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:57
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:57
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In article <36324@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, erabani@ucsd.edu (Ely Rabani) writes: >Every now and then, policiticians an bureaucrats blunder or >otherwise settle on something remotely like 'the right thing', but >that's not exactly the right issue. History also shows us that they >can be dragged into doing sensible things. Nixon, for instance, >signed some (then) quite progressive environmental legislation. Politicians can sometimes "be dragged into doing sensible things," where "sensible" means beneficial to the environment. However, there is a great danger. In order for policiticians to be able to do things that are beneficial to the environment, they need a great deal of power, which can also be used to harm the environment. And sadly, history shows they usually use their power for harm rather than good. Thus, reducing the power of politicians will, on average, benefit the environment. -- Howard Gayle HAL Computer Systems, Inc. 1315 Dell Avenue Campbell, California 95008 howard@hal.com Phone: 408-379-7000 ext. 1080 FAX : 408-379-5022
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!hal.com!hasse.hal.com!howard From: howard@hasse.hal.com (Howard Gayle) Newsgroups: ca.environment Subject: Re: Gas Tax Debate on NPR Summary: Politicians are a two-edged sword. Message-ID: <15bgrtINN8rj@hal.com> Date: 31 Jul 92 13:57:17 GMT References: <36324@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Reply-To: howard@hal.com (Howard Gayle) Distribution: ca Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc., Campbell, California Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: hasse.hal.com In-reply-to: llueker@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Lorna Lueker)