Saving the Planet With Government Regulation

THE CLEAN WATER ACT is forty years old, and one of the greatest pieces of legislatin in American history. Before it was passed, towns, cities, and corporations were dumping their sewage and waste material directly into rivers and lakes, killing the. At one point, Lake Erie caught on fire. That was a wake up call. Rivers and lakes that were once polluted heavily are now healthy ecosystems. Now, America's waters are much cleaner. Other federal laws are responsible for cleaner air, and a cleaner environment generally. Obviously, there is a proper use of government: namely, protecting the environment, saving the planet. Unfortuantelly, however, it doesn't matter. Even with government regulation, free enterprise corporate capitalism has managed to destroy the planet. Or, it almost has. Assuming, of course, that global warming remains unchecked, and we perish, as the earth turns into another Venus. Or who knows, we might decide to do something about it, by passing a few more laws, like we did before. What's stopping us? The political forces representing corporate capitalism, that's what. Big corporate money, buying politicians, opposing environmental legislation. The corporate free enterprisers want corporate free enterprise, unregulated, at any cost. Its a matter of pride, dogma, and ideology. Almost like a religion. More than anything, its a matter of money, and power. Those who possess the money and power on planet Earth, fewer then one percent, have no interest in creating greater economic or political equality. If the people had power, political equality, pollution would cease, and global warming would stop. The powers that be do not want equality of power, or wealth. And they don't care about saving the planet.