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vineyardmike t1_j2aronl wrote

>Fifty years ago, Congress voted to override President Richard Nixon’s veto of the Clean Water Act. It has proved to be one of the most transformative environmental laws ever enacted.

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SilverNicktail t1_j2b2tr6 wrote

Man, remember when Reagan and Nixon were the worst modern presidents?

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cfsed_98 t1_j2bkid1 wrote

reagan still is lol. all evil can be linked back to reagan

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SilverNicktail t1_j2dakoj wrote

Reagan is the beginning of basically all the worst things about the modern USA......but even he didn't try to literally overthrow the government.

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Aughilai t1_j2e34d7 wrote

Didn’t try to overthrow our government *

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TigBiddiesMacDaddy t1_j2f2o8x wrote

I say pushing the idea of trickle down economics counts as overthrowing our government.

But that’s just because I really really really hate Regan.

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cfsed_98 t1_j2fnmfa wrote

trickle down economics WORKS!! it’s going to trickle down any second now!!! just wait!!!!

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CommonConfusables t1_j2da04m wrote

It goes back further, but the flashy evil that he is the face of uses Reagan as a blueprint. Consider Reagan the face of a team of baddies. Responsible but nor the sole blame.

His wife’s anti-drug campaigns did some pretty heavy damage on society by way of stereotyping and instilling fear.

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sky_blu t1_j2e1rqp wrote

He is also responsible for Fox news being able to exist how it does

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Baconation4 t1_j2e4no8 wrote

Yeah Nancy took that campaign almost as deep as she took-

Sorry I guess it’s easier to compile the smaller list of who she hasn’t.

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Pktur3 t1_j2dkpsc wrote

Reagan’s term was transformative when there were assumed the leaders acted with the public in interest. Nixon’s term was the framework for subversive actions against political opponents. Trump’s term was exercising the loopholes created during Reagan and subversive actions learned during Nixon to establish political authoritarianism.

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anally_ExpressUrself t1_j2bz2k8 wrote

I stubbed my toe earlier and it hurt like a bitch. Was that Reagan too?

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Satherian t1_j2c2dta wrote

Yes

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rlnrlnrln t1_j2cy0cp wrote

Unless you're British, then it's Thatchers fault.

Or Swedish, then everything is the fault of Christian II of Denmark.

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bigboilerdawg t1_j2b2b8f wrote

Weird that Nixon chose to veto it, it was obviously going to be overridden based on the margins it passed by.

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adzman t1_j2cfk39 wrote

He wanted to make sure future generations knew he was an evil cunt.

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cassidytheVword t1_j2ajfb2 wrote

Im sure the free market would have somehow fixed this. . . .right guys.

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100sats t1_j2cfg4v wrote

We need a "bad for everyone" clause.

Like, you can't do xyz if it's bad for literally everyone except your company (or the owners).

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AftyOfTheUK t1_j2apdf6 wrote

What does this have to do with free market economies? I think maybe you misunderstand what a free market economy is.R

egulations like this are not incompatible with a free market... A free market is simply something where people or organizations compete to supply goods and services and prices are determined by a combination of the sellers and buyers desires.

It doesn't suddenly stop being a free market if government regulates that you can't take a dump on your neighbours property. That would still be a free market.

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No-Gear-6423 t1_j2asgkw wrote

The comment you are replying to is responding to an argument often brought up by conservative talking heads and libertarian weirdos on the internet. Obviously regulation is compatible with a free market.

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NicNicNicHS t1_j2bgtj4 wrote

Akshually the free market would have self regulated!!!

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CrestedBonedog t1_j2b5yn9 wrote

Same with the Cuyahoga River by me. You can fish it and kayak on it all the way through Cleveland now.

Only the Gorge Dam is left, once removal of it and the contaminated sediment is completed over the next five years the river should have a completely unimpeded flow again like it did long ago.

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RedLeader7 t1_j2bap3i wrote

I hope Nestle doesn’t hear about this

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peter-doubt t1_j2asm8e wrote

The pilings of NY piers are actually rotting away faster now than in the 70s... There's more ship worms chewing away at them

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W3remaid t1_j2ecmrm wrote

They shouldn’t have made them so delicious then

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T00luser t1_j2ayy6c wrote

Que the dynamite-flinging Australians.

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HellStoneBats t1_j2csc2n wrote

What did we do? I don't understand this reference.

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atothez t1_j2ctw2q wrote

IIRC it’s a reference to the start of Crocodile Dundee II, where our protagonist is blowing up and netting fish on the East river. The scene is to establish that he has settled into his new home in New York city. I do not recommend the film.

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HellStoneBats t1_j2d0kp4 wrote

Thanks very much. I really don't like the Dundee films in general, so I'll take your recommendation :D

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Alanjaow t1_j2eb0hx wrote

I mean, technically it was teeming with life when it was a sewer too. It just wasn't the healthy kind!

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Max_E_Mas t1_j2ekidx wrote

This shows its possible to reverse what we had done. At least in the oceans. Wr can keep the oceans alive and keep our ecosystem. We just need to have people who give a damn

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joebojax t1_j2dln3d wrote

the one trump used as toilet paper?

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vsgr t1_j2b1b03 wrote

Once an Open Sewer, New York Harbor Now Teems With Life. Thank the Clean Water Act.

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