Environment vs. Economy Options

[*Kathleen*]

All right, so since I want to see a different topic out there...this one's from February's Lincoln-Douglas topic:

Resolved: A government's obligation to protect the environment ought to take precedence over its obligation to promote economic development.

I'm on the negative side for this, seeing that only by providing a healthy, stable economy can you be able to help the environment. The products of a good economy are what help improve the environment.

Haha don't worry...I have more points...I've researched both sides to this, so bring it on.

[EmeraldKnight]

Exactly. Why would you want to worry about the environment when you could be making more money than your competitions!

*Sigh*. 

Yeah.. even if the gov were to impose regulations, most likely they'd find some way around that, plus its very unlikely since these big companies are prime contributors to political campaigns... see.. idealistically, there should be a balance between environment and economy, preserving the environment enough yet prospering the economy...

unfortunately, capitalism revolves around being greedy pigs, and thus the environment suffers

cuz if we were to apply regulations, our economy would suffer from inflation and we'd end up exporting from other countries that dont care as much