Via Sith Master Rusty, a Mitt! press release
By our calculation, a family of four would have to spend about an extra $1,000 a year if McCain-Lieberman became law. And again that’s because gasoline would rise in price by approximately .50 cents a gallon and natural gas would rise about 20 percent…..
And what’s particularly troubling about the bill is that the effect on the global environment would be negligible, and that’s because the bill does not require other nations to participate in order for the regulation to be promulgated…
I would note that Senator McCain is noted for three major pieces of legislation. I think all of them were badly flawed. And if somebody wants to know where he would lead the country you simply need to look at the three pieces of legislation with his name at the top. McCain-Feingold has not reduced the impact of money in politics, it has made it worse. McCain-Kennedy is viewed by virtually all as an amnesty bill. And McCain-Lieberman would cost the families of America as much as $1,000 a piece. All three are bills which evidence a lack of understanding of our economy, the very lack of understanding which Senator McCain has admitted on numerous occasions.”
It’s all very well and good to pander to the Climahysteria segment of the population, but, once it goes past rhetoric to an actual attempt at public law, I have a serious issue. McCain has a history of pushing bad legislation which causes actual damage. As Rusty points out, McCain-Feingold and his shamnesty bill were disasters. He may be trying to appeal to middle voters, but, this will tick off conservatives beyond belief, leading to those who would hold their nose and vote for McCain to say “ta hell with it.”
