Call to change

Our country holds a major need from our political ‘buddies’ that hold office in Washington or anywhere in the country. If we want change in our country for the better then we are going to need our guys and girls that are in office to step up for what is right. We do not “need” them necessarily but they would make it a whole lot easier for us if they were able to do what’s right for our environment. I recently wrote about mountain top removal as a form of extracting coal from the Appalachian Mountains. That is the type of scenario that our political figures need to stop and fight against. The big industries in our country seem to hold more power than our people in Washington. And we all know that they never have the public’s best interest in their mind when they make decisions. We have companies that have been know to harm our environment and the people by doing shady business that ranges from dumping hazardous waste to ruining the layout of natural lands (mountain top removal, deforestation etc.). When companies get caught dumping hazardous waste or something similar to that, they usually receive a fine and then it is swept under the rug. The fines are never enough to stop any behavior, maybe just try to hide it better or find a different place to dump. It is still cheaper for the companies to do shady business and pay the fines then to quit doing shady business. So we need to either call our political figures and hassle them to change or we need to put our future in our own hands.