Y' know, Dyna, I'm starting to see your point: Alternative energy - too expensive. Go cheap, externalities (pollution - which tends to congregate in poor and working-class communities and kill them later) be damned.
Organic food - too expensive. Go cheap, externalities (pollution - which tends to degrade land and lead to environmental problems where replacement nutrients are mined) be damned. I realized this is such a good principle that I need to apply it more broadly: Union labor - too expensive. Go cheap, externalities (workers unable to buy the fruits of their labor, social justice, social stability) be damned. I mean, union labor costs just makes things more expensive everyone else to buy stuff, right? Really, let's not look at the big picture - it's a Wal-Mart world all the way around! [Of course, this is not a way to build healthy communities, including Minneapolis. Attention needs to be paid to the effects on the poor when moving to a healthier, more sustainable system. THAT'S an appropriate role for government spending - to ease the effects of moving to a better long-term strategy. So the question is - since this is a MINNEAPOLIS issues list - what can city government appropriately do here?] David Brauer Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
