The right government shoe policy is no policy: the shoe industry should be governed by the same general rules of property, contract, environmental and safety regulation, and so forth that govern every other industry.

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Right now, the rules--from health regulation to environmental regulation to taxes to contract law--are uncertain.

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Meanwhile, Duke has landed a short-term contract job lobbying for an environmental group.

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The GVCA hired him on contract to lobby for new rules creating tougher environmental regulations for drillers.

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She said it should be replaced by a guideline to award contracts to "the most advantageous contract in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits".

BBC: EU procurement rules to be changed

When federal environmental laws got in Westinghouse's way, the company walked away from the contract.

FORBES: Collateral Damage

But still, some (private) firm wins the design contract, and then some other (private) firm or (private) firms contract out the labor (or most of it) to do things like, environmental studies, surveying, accounting, pouring concrete, laying bricks, stretching wire, managing the people who do environmental studies, surveying, accounting, pouring concrete, laying bricks and stretching wire.

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