NoaIzumiRick Moran: Associate Editor, First order Hypocrite
May 19th 2009 23:04
As many of you have heard, the cap and trade plan for CO2 that President Obama looks like it’s going to be drastically shaved down, at least in terms of cost. The original plan called for the auction of 100% of credits, now apparently only 15% will be auctioned off, with the rest being given away to energy companies and states. In addition, caps are being raised, and requirements are being made less stringent.
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As has been repeatedly documented on this very blog, several conservative thinkers have protested Democratic energy plans in general and Obama’s plan in particular, arguing that it would impose too great of a strain on the United States economy and on the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans. So, with the plan being cut (drastically in some parts), they’re dancing in the streets now, right? Well, not exactly.
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Here at Fine Politics, we usually deal with falsehoods and incorrect facts. And I have to admit, the article as written is devoid of those. The cap-and-trade plan is being toned down, and environmentalists are protesting that as being a giveaway to oil companies. These things are true.
The only falsehood is, well, the obvious. After saying that the president’s plan would double the average American family’s utility bill, it would be on the backs of the poor, it’s socialist redistribution, US GDP would plummet, the plan would destroy America, and cap and trade is ineffective anyway, now all of a sudden, conservatives have seen the light and are chastising the Dems for toning the plan down and giving in to, well, them. Reducing economic damage in a recession has all of a sudden become cynical corporate welfare.
Well, hold up a second, you’re probably saying, this might be true if you take the conservative movement as a whole, but what has been Rick Moran’s position on cap on trade? Well, judge for yourself.
The Madness of Cap and Trade, by Rick Moran
“So what if it permanently damages the American economy. So what if it adds to inflation. So what if it doesn't work.”
Climate Change Bill in Trouble, by Rick Moran
“Penalizing energy production will not speed technological change - especially when the penalties will simply be passed on to consumers who will find their utility bills skyrocketing. Spending more on utility bills will mean less disposable income for the consumer, less savings, less investment, - in short, a smaller, stagnating American economy as Obama's "green jobs" pipedream crashes on the shoals of technological reality”
Liberal Authoritarianism and Earth Hour, by Rick Moran
“But it is instructive as to what the AGW crowd thinks they can get away with in the future. The plan calls for a reduction by the US of 20-40% of its emissions by 2020 and 90% by 2050 -- an impossible goal that would destroy our economy….Personally, I am agnostic on the issue. Free people deciding freely to reduce CO2 levels while the jury is still out on climate change is fine with me.”
Obama brags his ‘cap and trade’ plan will “bankrupt”coal plant owners, by Rick Moran
“This illustrates better than anything the folly of "cap and trade" proposals. Obama plans to use his C&T plan as a gigantic club to beat up on power companies and coal companies (and the miners)…”
So, now that the new plan gives Mr. Moran a lot of what he wants, is he happy, or at least a little happier? Nope, he’s bitching even louder, only from both sides of his mouth this time.
“It appears that this is going to be just one more corporate welfare project that will earn Democratic politicians gobs of money in donations while making energy more expensive for the average American.”
So it’s bad because it’s too easy on corporations, but too hard on the average American. But if the expense of buying carbon credits is passed on to the consumer, as conservatives consistently claim (and to be fair, is probably true for the most part), then the two are effectively one and the same.
I’ll be keeping an eye on the usual blogs and opinion sites, to see there’s anyone that gives the Dems even grudging credit for at least moving in, according to the right wing, the right direction. But I’ll lay even money that I’ll be disappointed.
Update: Haven't found any praise, but I did find one other person following in Mr. Moran's two-faced footsteps:
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As has been repeatedly documented on this very blog, several conservative thinkers have protested Democratic energy plans in general and Obama’s plan in particular, arguing that it would impose too great of a strain on the United States economy and on the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans. So, with the plan being cut (drastically in some parts), they’re dancing in the streets now, right? Well, not exactly.
Climate Change Legislation won’t Reduce Emissions
Here at Fine Politics, we usually deal with falsehoods and incorrect facts. And I have to admit, the article as written is devoid of those. The cap-and-trade plan is being toned down, and environmentalists are protesting that as being a giveaway to oil companies. These things are true.
The only falsehood is, well, the obvious. After saying that the president’s plan would double the average American family’s utility bill, it would be on the backs of the poor, it’s socialist redistribution, US GDP would plummet, the plan would destroy America, and cap and trade is ineffective anyway, now all of a sudden, conservatives have seen the light and are chastising the Dems for toning the plan down and giving in to, well, them. Reducing economic damage in a recession has all of a sudden become cynical corporate welfare.
Well, hold up a second, you’re probably saying, this might be true if you take the conservative movement as a whole, but what has been Rick Moran’s position on cap on trade? Well, judge for yourself.
The Madness of Cap and Trade, by Rick Moran
“So what if it permanently damages the American economy. So what if it adds to inflation. So what if it doesn't work.”
Climate Change Bill in Trouble, by Rick Moran
“Penalizing energy production will not speed technological change - especially when the penalties will simply be passed on to consumers who will find their utility bills skyrocketing. Spending more on utility bills will mean less disposable income for the consumer, less savings, less investment, - in short, a smaller, stagnating American economy as Obama's "green jobs" pipedream crashes on the shoals of technological reality”
Liberal Authoritarianism and Earth Hour, by Rick Moran
“But it is instructive as to what the AGW crowd thinks they can get away with in the future. The plan calls for a reduction by the US of 20-40% of its emissions by 2020 and 90% by 2050 -- an impossible goal that would destroy our economy….Personally, I am agnostic on the issue. Free people deciding freely to reduce CO2 levels while the jury is still out on climate change is fine with me.”
Obama brags his ‘cap and trade’ plan will “bankrupt”coal plant owners, by Rick Moran
“This illustrates better than anything the folly of "cap and trade" proposals. Obama plans to use his C&T plan as a gigantic club to beat up on power companies and coal companies (and the miners)…”
So, now that the new plan gives Mr. Moran a lot of what he wants, is he happy, or at least a little happier? Nope, he’s bitching even louder, only from both sides of his mouth this time.
“It appears that this is going to be just one more corporate welfare project that will earn Democratic politicians gobs of money in donations while making energy more expensive for the average American.”
So it’s bad because it’s too easy on corporations, but too hard on the average American. But if the expense of buying carbon credits is passed on to the consumer, as conservatives consistently claim (and to be fair, is probably true for the most part), then the two are effectively one and the same.
I’ll be keeping an eye on the usual blogs and opinion sites, to see there’s anyone that gives the Dems even grudging credit for at least moving in, according to the right wing, the right direction. But I’ll lay even money that I’ll be disappointed.
Update: Haven't found any praise, but I did find one other person following in Mr. Moran's two-faced footsteps:
Cap and Trade: Picking Winners and Losers By Political Connections
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