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To: zonder who wrote (2996)	7/9/2003 12:46:28 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4914

Pollution can be a future drag on GDP -- medical care, declining productivity (more sick days), expensive clean ups, buying up homes ala Love Canal, people moving away from good jobs because their surroundings make them sick, declines in tourism. Not sure if that should be included in GDP or if it simply shows up in the future, nor do I care. But I know that future pension liability gets figured in corporate balance sheets. My intuition tells me that the heavy polluter has, in effect, cheated the system, and so the future may look bleak even though the current numbers look great. Sort of like pending lawsuits.

To: zonder who wrote (2996)	7/9/2003 1:27:20 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4914

<Why don't you give up trying to attack me> LOL, I'm not attacking you... I'm amused at your constant poor mood! It's actually more like Tai Chi... you come raging ahead, only to fall over my small pinky toe onto your face. <try to explain that funny little comment you made about pollution mattering to "value of GDP"?> I just did... if it's not clear to you, that's OK. FWIW, I'm not concerned about it. <The question is, of course, why anyone would want, need, or expect, GDP numbers to show any of these. > No one said they did... as far as I know. <P.P.S.: Is the use of "NON?" your way of showing you know one word in French? ?> Non, Tai Chi again... bait bringing on an attack... for you to see. <P.S.: Learn to spell for crying out loud. "Its" and "lots" for starters...> LOL... but I type fast anyway. DAK PS, along with a new diet, some meditation, an enema may help your level of happiness over time.