Soweit ist es gekommen: Holger Krahmer, ein klassisch liberaler FDP-Mann und EU-Abgeordnete aus Leipzig, warnt die USA, bei der Umweltpolitik nicht die gleichen Fehler zu begehen wie die DDR gestern und Europa heute: Many around the world believe the environment can be protected through regulation. Even the United States is going down this path now. Before it acts too swiftly, the United States might want to consider some of the lessons that we have learned the hard way in Europe. Coming from East Germany, I saw firsthand how heavy-handed bureaucracy led to both poor economic performance and a poor environment. For decades, East Germany had among the worst environmental protection records in all of Europe. Indeed, we are still paying a high environmental toll for the years of eschewing market forces while permitting the political class to make economic choices for the nation. Poverty is the planet’s real environmental crisis. So policymakers who care about a clean and healthy environment need to support policies that promote economic growth. Hier weiterlesen.
