My land is your land and my home is your home. No land is a land without its natural resources that cannot sustain economic life. Without it we will all be like the nomads of Sahara. The federal and the state laws we pass shall make best use of its natural resources for the people who live on that land and thrive upon it.
We shall sustain our laws such that we make the best and the wisest use of our natural resources, such as the electricity generated from the mighty Columbia River by The Bonneville Power Administration System is regulated only for the long-term benefit of the social and cultural values of Northwest for which we have established our societies, cities, townships, homes, and townhouses and not to outsource it to fill the federal treasury, as the latest thinking of White House under consideration.
The industries we maintain and attract on our lands shall be such that it provides not only the economic wages that would support living cost and the arts and entertainment, but also maintain the clean air and water in the rivers and the Pacific Ocean that would safeguard the wildlife and marine life and the echo system of the Northwest so as to maintain healthy lifestyle of our adult citizens and our children and the grandchildren. We have entered a new era in 2006 when we have to select between the jobs and environment, e.g. shipwrecking industry that has embarked us on crossroads of sustaining our economy and reducing the unemployment level by allowing the new industries that will be built at locations and manner in which it's constructed and operated that will not pollute the air and deteriorate the precious marine life.
The advanced technology industry we have built in Oregon as the succession of the timber industry that has provided anew economic thrust and modern lifestyle since 1980s, needs to be strengthened by continually educating our students in science and math, funding our higher education, as well as by adding the shortfall with legal immigration laws by a measured new overseas talent that could be quickly trained and make them productive citizens that would provide additional revenue for the state and federal to maintain our lifestyle, land, lakes, parks, highways, forests, and the ski slopes.
The healthy population of our land not only depends upon the clean environment of the land but also upon how our available medical resources we use carefully in the best interest of the dental and physical hygiene upkeep of all our school children, and their parents and grandparents. We do not want to differentiate between the haves and have-nots when it comes to the basic and critical health care. Our land would be attractive and naturally resourceful to appreciate only if its landholders are happy and healthy. Last but not the least no one shall be deprived of his or her land just to benefi t another private development.
Shantu Shah
http://Shah4USCongress.blogspot.com
6637 SW 88th Place
Portland, Oregon 97223
PH: 503-245-1722
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