An American Senator is quoted as saying that he believed in climate change until he learned the cost of fighting it. But he ignores the cost of doing nothing. Already thousands are dying from the effects of pollution and heat, those who survive add to the cost of health care.
Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, fires damage property and that increases insurance rates North America wide not to mention the personal costs. The same phenomena damage highways and other public infrastructure adding to our taxes. Droughts threaten the lives and livelihood of millions, rising sea levels threaten to change the world's geography engulfing all of Bangladesh, much of Florida and many islands in Oceaniana, some already ankle deep at high tide. The cost of fighing forest fires exclusive of the loss of personal property is staggering. The loss of a fire team only serves to emphasize the dangers.
Donald Trump is like an osterich burying his head in the sand. If he could send all those foreigners home who would build his highways, office and apartment towers, clean his home and maintain his pool, mow his grass, nanny his children. Is adequate health care really the preserve of those who can afford it ensuring they get prompt attention.
Corporate America cares only for the bottom line. If they keep sourcing cheaper products off-shore who is going to be left with a job to buy them. In Canada thousands of Sears workers are losing their jobs and even severance pay, those on the verge of retirement their pensions but at the same time executives are being offered bonuses to stay. Shades of the Mortgage Banking Debacle. Why does a CEO earn $500,000,000 while his store clerk scrapes by on $25,000 and probably works a second job to make ends meet.
Corporate Greed is destroying our world. What's the point of a tree if I can't cut it, a whale if I can't harpoon it, a wild creature if I can't hunt it, a nature reserve if I can't bulldoze it, mine it, drill for oil.
Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, fires damage property and that increases insurance rates North America wide not to mention the personal costs. The same phenomena damage highways and other public infrastructure adding to our taxes. Droughts threaten the lives and livelihood of millions, rising sea levels threaten to change the world's geography engulfing all of Bangladesh, much of Florida and many islands in Oceaniana, some already ankle deep at high tide. The cost of fighing forest fires exclusive of the loss of personal property is staggering. The loss of a fire team only serves to emphasize the dangers.
Donald Trump is like an osterich burying his head in the sand. If he could send all those foreigners home who would build his highways, office and apartment towers, clean his home and maintain his pool, mow his grass, nanny his children. Is adequate health care really the preserve of those who can afford it ensuring they get prompt attention.
Corporate America cares only for the bottom line. If they keep sourcing cheaper products off-shore who is going to be left with a job to buy them. In Canada thousands of Sears workers are losing their jobs and even severance pay, those on the verge of retirement their pensions but at the same time executives are being offered bonuses to stay. Shades of the Mortgage Banking Debacle. Why does a CEO earn $500,000,000 while his store clerk scrapes by on $25,000 and probably works a second job to make ends meet.
Corporate Greed is destroying our world. What's the point of a tree if I can't cut it, a whale if I can't harpoon it, a wild creature if I can't hunt it, a nature reserve if I can't bulldoze it, mine it, drill for oil.
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