Posts Tagged ‘Cap and Trade’
Senate votes to “rein in” EPA’s regulation of carbon emissions
The above headline is a bit misleading, but, so too, are 12 Democrat, and one Republican senators. Let me explain.
Read MoreWhy Obama doesn’t need Congress
With Obama’s recent “compromise” on not raising taxes for anyone, much has been said about the possibility that Obama, like Clinton before him, is moving to the center. He isn’t, he doesn’t have to, and he doesn’t need Congress to accomplish his agenda.
Read More“Global Warming” embezzlement
I received what follows from my engineer friend. You can’t make this stuff up.
Read MoreYour Friday afternoon political cartoon from Ramirez: Cap and Trade
This is pretty darn good. Of course, you had to see the original image of the cop chasing down the kid on the ball field in Philly.
Read MoreThe cost of “going green”
Three newspaper articles caught my eye today, on the energy front, that is. The first, entitled Welfare Wagons, begins as follows: Congratulations. You’re about to buy a fancy new Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt . . . for someone else. It seems that the cost of producing an electric car is considerably higher than what…
Read MoreAre conservatives burnt-out after health care and recent TEA Parties?
Conservatives have had quite a bit on their plate during the first quarter of 2010. Just trying to deconstruct the the health care reform legislation was exhausting, let alone taking the time to fight passage. Now we’ve got cap-and-trade and immigration reform right around the corner.
Read MoreFarms to forests – climate legislation economic impact
Another good example of how government regulation – in this case climate change legislation – can have unintended consequences, specifically higher food prices.
Read MoreKondracke and Krauthammer on cap without trade – video
Timed perfectly with the start of the Copenhagen climate summit, the EPA announced an Obama administration endangerment ruling that would just skip the trade part of cap and trade if the government didn’t do something. Since Obama could not announce America would bend to environmental wackos, he brought this instead.
Read MoreEstimated 2009 United States deficit now $2.2 trillion
I was Jim’s guest on the Sound Off Connecticut’s special Saturday edition as he filled in for Dunaway. I mentioned the federal government was borrowing $20 billion a week. Sorry, I messed up. As of the end of July, we’re borrowing $43 billion a week, ensuring the 2009 deficit will be $2.2 trillion. The 2003…
Read MoreObama: “Not one dime” more in taxes … Update -Video
… if you make less than $250,000; or was it $208,000? Either way, President Obama assured Americans making less than the aforementioned figures would not pay “one more dime” in taxes. So why won’t Obama administration officials back up the boss?
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