Does protecting the environment have to hurt the economy?

Yes

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by Joseph Malek

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It is true that the pollution laws and regulations within the United States of America have caused the loss of millions of the jobs of the majority of, "We People of the United States of America." As a matter of fact, the only industries that continue to be profitable are the mining industry and those manufacturers who produce the weapons of war.

Because so many manufacturing jobs were lost, and continue to be lost to foreigners within Foreign Countries, the majority of "We People" within the United States of America are going deeper into debt with each passing minute. Our standard of living also declines with each passing minute, with no end to the decline in sight.

The number of bank filures is rising and more and more people are in the process of losing their homes. "Green Friendly" ways of energy production have yet to be built and used on a large scale for the people and the environment, while billions of barrels of oil under already sold Government off-shore leases within the Gulf of Mexico remain untapped in favor of more convenient oil deposits just off-shore of the State of Florida.

President Bush's speeches about how we should drill those convenient locations within the Gulf of Mexico sound more like a threats than sound solutions to our energy shortage. As a matter of fact, the construction of more refineries would more certainly reduce the price of motor fuels.

With the help of the elected Politicians within the Federal and State Governments of the United States of America, the owners and the controllers of those huge multinational corporations truly are destroying the economy of the United States of America. So too, they are destroying the economic well being of those who aren't included within the group of the richest people on Earth.

Something is clearly wrong somewhere, when the people who we trust to maintain the health and well being of every citizen of the United States of America fail to take responsible action to prevent what could be the worst economic depression in recorded history. Our Country's balance of payments deficit is at a record high level and also continues to go higher with each passing minute.

A record number of people have lost or will lose their home. As a matter of fact, people are going into debt as a result of just trying to stay healthy and alive within an economy whose rate of inflation has already increased as much as 300%, just for gasoline, natural gas and heating oil. That figure is still rising, with no end in sight for those who are about to drown in a sea of debt.

Worse yet, the price of food and those other life essentail commodies is also rising faster than a kite in a hurricane because they require fossil fuel energy in order to reach the marketplace before they spoil. If you haven't noticed, the prices of other kinds of tangible personal property is also rising, while the value of our homes is dropping faster than a stone cast into the sea. As a matter of fact, home values have already lost 25% of their value in just six months.

You better believe that there will also be a record number of homeless people living on the streets of our once great Nation. Hundreds of those people will die from exposure and/or starvation, due to the conduct of the greediest people on Earth and the "Yes People" who they banked-rolled into the offices of our grand and glorious Government Buildings of the United States of America. Who will you vote for in 2008? More Importamt, who will you vote out of Public Office in 2008?

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