Invaders !

[kandrathe]

Does this not run afoul of the 2nd law of thermodynamics? Or, if that's being too nitpicky, where is the line drawn? How close to zero is zero-sum, and for how many people?

We practice it around here when we work with builders. They don't just get to do the lucrative part, and leave all the drainage ponds, roads, and utility work for the taxpayers to shoulder. They are also responsible for replacing any trees (equal board foot) they need to remove.

It would certainly apply to industry, with the only notable big offender around here being the Federal Government (40 years of open ground use of trichloroethylene degrease agents filtered into the Hillside Sand and Prairie du Chien/Jordan aquifers).