Lupo,

"there is not one ounce of truth in the jobs vs the environment theory pushed so hard by the right wing"

This statement may be correct economically. But what people forget is that our society like to make it's payments over time and not up front. Try to double or triple the cost of goods today to save tomorrow and tell me how that will fly in your life? I would hope we would do it and i do it personally but beer gut willy won't go for it.