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Environment Economy poll
By peaceman - Jul 7th, 2008 at 2:10 pm EDT
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With the U.S. economy mired in a slump, Americans still believe saving the environment is more important than fixing the economy, according to a new poll released Thursday. But consumers are more closely divided on the issue than they have been in the past.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research poll, 49% of Americans say protection of the environment should be given priority, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. That compares to 44% of those surveyed who said the economy is the top priority, and the government should focus on economic growth even at the expense of the environment.

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By Liz Jul 7th 2008 at 2:47 pm EDT
and it is connected to one source that must we rectify before we can move forward with any significance in any other area--whether it is economy or environment or job creation--and that is Iraq. As long as we are in Iraq, we are imbalanced morally and financially to the point that we are in fact dysfunctional as a nation.

First of all we need the revenue that we are pouring into the pockets of war profiteers to be funneled back into helping our nation.

Second of all the horrible impact of our presence in Iraq threatens the security of the people of the USA more than many realize. Every second we remain there (and the Iraqi government has told us already that that THEY want a time table, that the THEY want us out)But every second we remain there endangers the people of this country.

what people don't seem to understand yet is that there is NO MILITARY STRONG ENOUGH, there is no fence high enough that can keep terroism and terrorist act from happening. There are simply too many ways.

The only way to combat terrorism is to deal at the root of the problem which is what has happened to make people feel so angry and so desperate that they must resort to violent and individual actions of agression against other human beings.

AND that being said, we have always had terrorits and we always will. And except for the 9/11 attacks, all the terrorist acts were traced back to American citizens.

among them I count incidents like Columbine and the Austin towers shootings, Kent State, Oklahoma City, etc.