Government Regulation on Pollution

The New England Journal of Medicine has reported that research done by Brigham Young University and the Harvard School of Public Health now confirms that reductions in air pollution over the last 25 year has increased life expectancies for Americans.  I remember when big businesses and their representatives tried to minimize the significance of air pollution and its health risks. It was always something else that was causing people breathing problems, and they certainly didn't think they needed to be regulated by us in any way. Let free enterprise ring! (or in other words - don't interfere with our profits).

Fortunately, clean air regulations were passed more than 25 year ago - and we need more. Expect to hear the same arguments again, made by the same people who think Global Warming is just a coincidence, and that it would have been a great idea for the government to put the social security trust fund into the stock market.  Think of all the commissions for Wall Street that would have generated...and how much would be left of social security now.