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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 12/07/11 3:26 am • # 1 
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WTF is wrong with these people? ~ are they all psycho-sociopaths? ~ ImageImageImage ~ Sooz

ALEC Deems Kids Eating Rat Poison An ‘Acceptable Risk'

By Marie Diamond and Scott Keyes on Dec 6, 2011 at 2:49 pm

As ThinkProgress has been reporting for some time, the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been colluding with the billionaire Koch brothers to privatize government and eliminate environmental regulations that interfere with profits.

GOP legislators in many states have given ALEC free reign to write anti-health care reform and anti-environment legislation. Now, ALEC is fighting to kill Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules limiting the sale of rat poisons that pose a serious health threat to children and the ecosystem.

A top representative for the ultra-conservative group said kids eating rat poison is an “acceptable riskâ€
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 12/07/11 4:51 am • # 2 
"giving companies the option of voluntary adopting changes has done nothing to help."

No surprises there. Left to their own devices, companies won't volunteer to change anything that interferes with their profit margin. The sole responsibility of the corporate executive is to protect the interests of the shareholder. Voluntarily complying with regulations (guidelines) runs counter to the role of the corporate executive body. Anytime regulations are voluntary or companies are allowed to self-regulate, you can bet they won't act in the interest or spirit of those regulations.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 12/07/11 5:02 am • # 3 
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Well, hell, non-fetuses can damn well fend for themselves and should not get in the way of profits... another Republican economic principle?
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