Word: superfunded
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Despite the renewal of the federal Superfund program, the clean-up effort will be expensive. Some of the cost of cleanup will be borne by polluters, and the Superfund will help with the most urgent and expensive projects. The bulk of the cost, however, will fall on state taxpayers in the form of increased taxes and bond issues. That's why voting for the tax ceiling proposed in Question 3 would be serious mistake. According to a recent poll, almost two-thirds of Massachusetts voters were willing to pay an extra $100 in taxes to fund the clean-up effort...
...situation hopeless? Perhaps not. In 1980, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act--commonly known as the "Superfund" law. Under this law, the Environmental Protection Agency disposes of hazardous waste with funds collected from those who were responsible, namely, the producers of chemicals...
...believe that the example of the "Superfund" law can help us solve the problems created by our own peculiar producers of hazardous waste. (If you don't believe the situation is hazardous, try playing frisbee by Widener in white sneakers...
Both economic efficiency and simple fairness demand that the damages inflicted by canines--now borne solely by Yard pedestrians--be reassigned to the dog owners. I propose that those who operate these compact waste factories incur the full costs of their activity by contributing to a University "Superfund." With this money, Harvard could hire clean-up crews, as well as reimburse students for dry cleaning bills, shoe shines, and Lysol...
Whatever the specifics of the "Superfund"--or perhaps "Pooperfund"--we must act quickly to stop those who step in it from being stepped...