Always predictable. They're a bunch of complete chickens, afraid of their own shadow and the terrifying world that addresses climate change. Yes, jobs will be lost as they are with any innovation or change but what about the jobs created? What about the environmental benefits? What about the health care costs related to doing nothing? Don't they count? Are the Republicans always going to run in fear of practical change? Sheesh. Change your diapers and dare to think about the new opportunities that are waiting. Heaven forbid new businesses are created that are outside of the old energy structure. What ever will we do?
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, in the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, said the House's climate bill was "a classic example of unwise government." The address culminated a week of coordinated Republican attacks on the Democratic proposal, which would require the first nationwide reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.It's all more of the same thumb sucking that got us into this mess in the first place. These people wouldn't know a business opportunity if it was plopped on their lap. Taking the lead in a growing market sounds like a decent idea for a country looking to create jobs. Cowards and clueless 'til the very end.
GOP House members used the weeklong Memorial Day break recess to drum up voter opposition to the Democratic bill. The governor's criticism echoed Republican lawmakers' arguments at "energy summits" in Pennsylvania, Indiana and California and at other forums during the week.
The proposal to cap greenhouse emissions "will cost us dearly in jobs and income and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth" because other nation's such as China and India will not have to follow, Daniels said.
"The cost for all American taxpayers will be certain, huge, and immediate. Any benefits are extremely uncertain, minuscule, and decades distant," he contended.
