These are the same people who constantly and consistently hate on Ronald Reagan, you know
As folks across Florida don bikinis or swim trunks and head to the pool or the beach this holiday weekend, they probably don’t realize that they have President Ronald Reagan to thank for being able to do so safely.
As odd as that sounds, it’s true. In the 1980s the world was facing a big problem. Scientists had discovered that chemicals used in air conditioners, refrigeration equipment, and aerosols—such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)—were rapidly depleting the earth’s stratospheric ozone layer. (snip)
Instead, [Reagan] became the world’s first head of state to personally approve a national negotiating policy on ozone protection. He then led the effort to push through the Montreal Protocol treaty to phase out the use of CFCs and HCFCs.
Reagan’s success with the Montreal Protocol was a point of pride for the Republican Party. Its 1988 party platform heaped effusive praise on the treaty and called for a similar approach in solving other complex global problems such as tropical forest destruction and climate change.
That would have been nice, but special interests —mainly fossil fuel companies—swooped in and swayed the party away from tackling those problems.
In reality, Republicans were able to get information from other sources, and started seeing that this was less about the climate and mostly about hardcore Modern Socialist policies.
Today, climate change is a much more visible and advanced threat than it was in 1988, and we could use Reagan’s brand of conservative leadership in tackling that problem.
Raise your hand if you think Reagan would be pushing for bigger and bigger government, for more governmental control of people’s lives, liberty, and choice. And controlling more and more of the economy. And taxing the hell out of citizens and private entities.
Two of Reagan’s top cabinet officials, James Baker and George Shultz, are pushing for a carbon fee and dividend approach to address climate change, which is a market-friendly solution long preferred by economists and business leaders.
Reagan would not support this: it is destructive, raises costs for companies and citizens, and then makes citizens more dependent on the government with the “dividend” payout.
When faced with a similar threat, President Reagan felt a moral duty to heed scientific warnings and do what is necessary to protect the public. Florida and the nation need our leaders to do the same today.
When faced with Commies being Commies, Reagan fought back and refused to give in. You know what’s missing from the opinion piece? Any shred of science proving the current warm period is mostly/solely caused by Mankind. And Reagan would dare the Warmists to practice what they preach if they believe.
