Thursday, February 26, 2009
Another Stupid Idea from Obama!
Well, they just keep coming. Obama has now decided that in the middle of the biggest financial crisis in history, with the economy on the brink of collapse, that this would be a good time to put a huge new tax on all Americans. Yes, to stop the phantom menace global warming, Obama wants to put in place a cap and trade system, and to sell pollution 'credits' to CO2 'polluting' industries (like your local power company). Now, the power companies won't eat this huge new tax, so guess what? Your electric bills are going to skyrocket. Just what the economy needs right now! Having trouble paying the bills? Wait until Obama jacks up your utilities cost. Oh, and gasoline will be going up also. And that means all the goods transported by truck. Or rail. Or by air. All more expensive thanks to this genius. And the best part? It won't reduce CO2 emissions at all, it's just a new tax. Of course, since global warming is not real to start with, he can claim 100% success in eliminating it. Which will be a big comfort to the rest of us, sitting in our cold dark homes, hoping a stray cat comes by so we can get a nice meal for a change. Guess that's what he meant by hope and change.
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If you don't believe CO2 emissions are a problem, no measure to tame them will seem reasonable. For those who believe global warming is a real and potentially catastrophic problem, trading carbon credits is widely viewed as the best way to reduce them.
I don't claim to know whether global warming is real or not, but a considerable majority of people who know far more about climate than you, I, or President Obama seem to think it is a big and immediate problem...so it seems reasonable for him to proceed on their recommendations despite the fact that a minority of other knowledgeable people disagree; you are unlikely to find complete consensus on nearly any issue and if failure to reach consensus meant inaction, no actions would ever be taken.
It *would* be stupid for Obama, who is not a scientist, to oppose the recommendations of the majority of knowledgeable scientists in a field in which he is not expert.
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