Global Idiocy

Global warming and global economy. Separate concepts, right? But is the global economy driving global warming?

Free trade agreements are the fertilizer for the global economy tree. The idea is that there be no restrictions to trade between nations. Laissez-faire for the world, more or less. Of course, that puts nations where government regulates industry at a disadvantage, like the United States. Mega-nations like China pump out products containing toxic substances, ship them around the world, and the industry regulations that protect American consumers from these products are rendered null and void. At the same time, the EPA regs designed to keep our air clean and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are weakened because so much manufacturing is done where there is no EPA.

All of this could create pressure to rescind many laws designed to improve the quality of life in our nation. That fits my definition of idiocy.