Ron wrote: > This will be atleast the third time that I have made this suggestion: > Why not add some fee (like a $1.00 a gallon) to every drop of paint sold in > Minnesota as a dedicated funding source for lead paint abatement- when all > of the lead paint has been eliminated, eliminate the funding source. This > ties the solution of the problem to the original source of the problem.
Mark wrote: This can be a good approach for dealing with pollution concerns. A similar proposal has been made in some places for dealing with waste electronics that need to be recycled rather than sent to a landfill or incinerator because they contain toxic metals. The difference is that in the case of waste electronics or the PFC, the funds are designated to go to deal with existing waste/pollution. In the suggestion Ron makes, buyers of new paint that does not contain lead or cause the problems associated with lead-based paint would be paying for cleaning up "legacy" pollution from more than 20 years ago. Some would argue that's not very fair. Ron L writes: Might the 1 dollar per gallon until the lead problem is taken care of be an OK fix? Its a great way to create a large pot of money to fix a problem that is spread over many persons, all of which benefit if we have fewer children suffering brain damage from lead contamination. Then when the lead problem is gone the fee goes away, not redirected to some other political boondoggle. Just a thought. 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 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
