Unelected bureaucrats pushed by a child-president are taking action
Jan. 2 isn’t just your ordinary Sunday.
It’s the day the Obama administration will officially start regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and critics have issued dire predictions of economic destruction.
With all the fiery rhetoric about how damaging the regulations could be, the White House is under pressure to fulfill its pledge to tackle climate change while avoiding the appearance that it’s hindering job growth.
Obviously, some people have a problem with this, including the GOP, many Democrats, people who provide jobs, average Americans, and, as soon as they realize it, Progressives, who laud these types of regulations, right up to when they affect themselves and raise their cost of living.
“The Clean Air Act is a tool,†EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said in an October interview. “It’s not the optimal tool, but it can be used, and in fact, I’m legally obligated now to use it.â€
And she’s refuted the horror stories from EPA’s critics. “The rules that we’ve put forth so far have been smart sensible rules,†she said. “Major regulations are always met — are often met — with doom-and-gloom dire predictions of economic ruin, and there is no history to bear that out.â€
When a government bureauweenie starts yammering on about “smart and sensible rules”, be concerned, because smart and sensible means something totally different in Government World. We’ve seen how well these “smart and sensible rules” have worked on economies, such as those in Europe and Japan.
In some states, where they aren’t immediately able to regulate greenhouse gases under their own permitting programs, EPA plans to step in until they can revise their state laws or regulations. The agency is also planning to take over greenhouse gas permitting indefinitely in Texas, where state officials have staunchly refused to get in line with the Obama administration’s climate policy.
10th Amendment lawsuits coming? I’d say so. And, really, this is not that bad of an idea from the Obama admin, at least politically. Instead of looking to enact much of their agenda, the GOP will be forced right off the bat in fighting this expansion of power by the EPA and Executive Branch.
