Posted on 04/01/2010 2:58:58 AM PDT by Scanian
Senator Jay Rockefeller told a group of constituents yesterday that 9 in 10 legislators have absolutely no idea how Cap and Trade actually works. That’s quite an admission, particularly considering that 219 – all but 8 of them Democrats -- successfully voted to pass the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Bill in the House last June.
The West Virginia Democrat’s confession came when he returned home to reassure voters that he will continue to fight for the state’s indispensible coal industry. With health care in the rearview mirror and cap and tax apparently back on the Senate road map, Rockefeller is among a sizeable group of Dems torn between what’s best for their own states (not to mention careers) and a key platform of their heavily-leftist-controlled party.
But Rockefeller’s is a particularly unenviable position.
According to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training, coal is responsible for more than $3.5 billion of the gross state product and approximately $70 million in property taxes annually. The coal industry and utility companies making electricity using West Virginia coal account for two-thirds of the business taxes paid in the state. Add statewide unemployment looming around 11% to the mix, and the five-term Senator knows that voting for coal-killing cap and tax would be political suicide.
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Rokefeller is a leftist traitor. He flew to Syria just before we invaded Iraq and told Assad to tell his friend Saddam that we were really coming this time and to get ready for us.
The National Health Care bill will control all individuals and Cap and Trade will control all business activity. Voila, total control for the left over everything we do.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute will be bestowing the Julian Simon Award on Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick for their efforts in debunking Mann's hockey stick at CEI's 2010 Dinner, June 17 at Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001.
Yeah, he’ll fight for the coal industry all right. He’ll be bribed or threatend to sell out his constituency. Then watch him fold like the legs of a card table.
Great, so we will have another bill no one gets. And one that will take our entire economy and industries and put them in a vice grip. Lovely.
So what? They didn’t even read the health bill before passing it. What else is new? Caligula’s horses in the Roman Senate were about as wise.
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