re: #497 oaktree

Does make one wonder how such things would be viewed if one required corporate officers above a certain level to live/work downwind and downstream from their own operations.

I have no problem with the Third World competing with us on wages and benefits, that is the impetus we need to remain productive and competitive. But if we allow them to undercut us on basic safety and emissions standards we are doing nobody a favor.

I think that there should be tariffs for nations whose safety and emissions standards are not up to ours: it would serve as an impetus to them to clean up their act and not punish US corporations for maintaining their standards.