9.17.2004

RFK Jr. IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LUNATIC

In his new book "CRIMES AGAINST NATURE" RFK.Jr, God bless him and his family, is a pure environment lunatic. He believes, perhaps having misunderstood Orwell, that America is a crony-Capitalist or fascist state where we have pollution simply because industry pays off politicians. He swears up and down that this is exactly true with a child like enthusiasm that makes you believe the mercury level in his brain is as high as he says it is.

His theory is that a company will, for example, pay a politician $1 million to, in effect, buy a law or regulation that will enable it to save many millions on the cost of pollution control. According to basic Econ. 101 this theory is just plain goofy since a company passes on all its costs to consumers, i.e., if FORD has to put 4 wheels, an airbag, and a catalytic converter on every car it doesn't really care because the customer obviously pays for these things. However, a company would always care about costs if it fears its' customers can't afford to pay them. So if Ford fears that its customers can't buy cars, which presumably they use to take the kids to school, get themselves to work, and visit granny in the old folks home, one might more accurately say they are saints rather than Fascist polluters.

Moreover RFK Jr. is such a single minded and devout tree hugger that he presumes to know exactly what pollution controls he wants the gov't to force down our throats. This actually is a fascist attitude! He doesn't care about business or consumers. He cares about himself. He wants to further control mercury, for example, which many say is controlled, while 40 million Americans kill themselves and others with cigarettes. He wants to control lead while 60 million Americans kill themselves with fast food and obesity. RFK Jr. does not care about what a free people want and can afford, he cares, in his Fascist way, with only what he wants.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"... According to basic Econ. 101 this theory is just plain goofy since a company passes on all its costs to consumers, i.e., if FORD has to put 4 wheels, an airbag, and a catalytic converter on every car it doesn't really care because the customer obviously pays for these things... etc..."

Ted, did you pay attention during Econ101? Did you ever go? Your economics really sucks...

Ted said...

too bad you can't point out why or where it sucks