Take for instance the recent kerfluffle over the climate change bill in the US. Some environmental groups are calling it “Let’s Make A Deal” since it has so much compromise in it. The end product isn’t even near as stringent as they would like. However, they are not looking at it at all from a business standpoint. Businesses still need to make money and there will always be some give and take in negotiations. In this case, isn’t it better to have some progress and hope for more in time?

Does this scenario make sense to you? Yet it is eerily similar to a government lawsuit being brought against some scrap recycling companies that sold mercury to the Port Refinery many years ago. The Port Refinery was closed so now let’s sue those who sold the substance even though they sold it completely legally. What’s next? Is somebody going to sue the descendants of George Washington because they missed out on cherries that could have grown had he not chopped down the legendary cherry tree?

But such is the way with our runaway government. They seem bound and determined to squeeze out any possible cent from US businesses, even if it costs them more to do so than what they collect. Do you want to know why more companies are not finding ways to recycle electronics? Nobody wants to pay the price years from now when somebody determines the process used was in some way dangerous. So now companies send the electronics overseas – which might also get you into trouble.