Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.

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[–] 114 points 1 year ago (10 children)

​​“Environmental regulations are, in my view, largely terrible,” he said at an event with the libertarian Cato Institute last year. “You have to get permission in advance, as opposed to, say, paying a penalty if you do something wrong, which I think would be much more effective.”

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    That's the Silicon Valley strategy. Break the law then pay off politicians so that whatever you've been doing becomes the new legal framework.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If I was starting a new project with a possible environmental impact I'd absolutely want to have it cleared in advance rather than risk some huge fine randomly coming up at some point in the future.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    That's because you're still poor enough to be acquainted with the idea of paying for things. When you're rich enough, you just acquire things with the assumption that someone who works for you will do the nerdshit fix the numbers so people won't bother you later by asking for more (or any) payment.

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