The Mission is Still Impossible
President Obama’s health care bill has been getting the majority of coverage for the last couple of months. It may not only be in trouble politically, but it is increasingly obvious that it is not going to reduce expenditures, and will probably increase the deficit. But the health care bill is small change compared to the other big bill pushed through by the Democratic party faithful. Last summer, all eyes were on the Waxman-Markey bill, which promised to end climate change.
Very little was said at the time about how the Waxman-Markey bill might negatively effect the economy. the media followed the Obama administration’s lead, claiming that the cost would be offset by growth in so-called green technology. The environmental movement politely applauded, and complained that Waxman-Markey did not go far enough. the comments from the left generally argued that the economy would just re-focus itself, and the changes were simple matter of re-focusing funding. Economists from centrist or right of center viewpoints interviewed by what few media thought their perspective might matter didn’t have much to say except that the environmental movement’s figures didn’t seem to be good economics. No one in the media seemed interested in taking a closer look.
Someone HAS taken a closer look. In Britain, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has done what you might expect engineers to do. Run the figures. Do the calculations. The results are stark. Tim Fox, the man overseeing the study of environmental and climate change matters at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the lead author of the report. His group determined that it was simply not possible to meet the existing reductions of carbon reductions currently planned by the UK. Britain is calling for carbon emission reductions of 34% from 1990 by 2030, and 80% of 1990 emissions by 2050. While Fox does not think it is possible to meet the carbon reduction goals, he argues for doing everything possible to do it – including putting Britain on a sort of war-time footing to push for construction of nuclear power stations and wind turbines. He hints at severe measures, some of which should make anyone concerned about democratic government think very seriously about the wisdom of allowing the environmental lobby to govern nations. the money quote from Mr. Fox: “The ability to undertake the size of task needed to meet the 80% target is not possible within a modern industrialized democracy.”
It hasn’t gotten much attention here. The report was on the BBC world service last week, and the good folks in the US media are too busy talking about health care and the abortion debate to ask the obvious question: If reduction of carbon output to meet the goals of the environmental community is impossible from a technological perspective, what in the world are we doing passing something as ludicrous as Waxman-Markey?To cut to the chase, just what were the US voters thinking when they elected Mr. Obama President? Clearly they weren’t looking for competent, responsible government when they called for change. Waxman- Markey, like Speaker Pelosi’s health care bill, is simply more of the economically and intellectually bankrupt behavior the American citizens have received from the members of both parties for the past fifteen years.
It is time to recognize that deficit spending cannot continue. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have contributed to the current disaster, it is now essential to get competent adults into office who will deal honestly with the public. That means a reduction in governmental services, and an increase in taxes to bring the government back into economic equilibrium. Neither the curent health care bill, the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, or the Republican tax cuts will help at this point. Irresponsible proposals for tenologically impossible solutions to all kinds of problems should be off the table as well.
Remember.
Progressives hate corporations. They despise corporate welfare. They are pro AGW with a passion.
Cap and tax is their wet dream. Do away with corporate incentives to provide jobs…aka tax breaks….punitive legislation as a result of the financial melt down…like Proctor and Gamble or Kellogs is responsible for housing crash and finally pass a tax on energy that penalizes even further a corporations ability to produce goods and services and what do you get?
A mass exodus of jobs to developing nations……..Remember AGW is all about funding Developing nations and giving to them what they feel has been robbed from them by the developed, western nations.
This president and his progressive agenda is a danger to America’s economic wellbeing.
Our only hope is Blue dog Democrats who are willing to side with sanity and not party loyalty to pass legislation thats really bad for America.
“It may not only be in trouble politically”
I’d say…
Quinnipiac: Obamacare opposed 51-35
“This time, it’s not Rasmussen delivering the bad news among likely voters, but Quinnipiac among registered voters — a sample that should lean more towards Obama than away from him. However, in the latest Q-poll conducted over the full week after Nancy Pelosi slammed her health-care reform bill through Congress, a majority of the 2518 respondents oppose ObamaCare. And while three-quarters of the respondents find Obama personally likable, he’s at a -12 on the issue”
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/19/quinnipiac-obamacare-opposed-51-35/
Wasn’t “HillaryCare” at 36% approval when it when everyone walked away from that idea?
Jay C
The democrats have their blinders on. They are going to ram this legislation thru and the only hope…the ONLY hope is the fiscally intelligent and well meaning blue dog democrats who are willing to stand up for AMERICA and not their party and prevent a disasterous bill from becoming law.
There is no doubt we need healthcare reform in this country.
What we do not need is 45million more people on the public DOLE for ANOTHER drug of choice……POVERTY…..when we as a nation are nearing insolvency….our dollar is being actively replaced as the world currency……China is buying gold by the Truck load……
And our democratic congressmen have blinders on…..they are blind to the fact their wallets are empty. They do not care…..Its their turn and now they are going to have their healthcare and finish bankrupting this country.
And the real cynical ones are the ones in districts that will vote them in if they are caught molesting children, selling drugs and aiding terrorists on the sly…….they have nothing to fear…..So why not.
NOPE….the Democrats have their blinders on and Harry Reid 2 days after Michael Moore threatened him said “ANY bill that goes to the President for signature will have a public option.”
Translation……this is not healthcare reform……this is another PUBLIC ENTITLEMENT in which 85 percent of us PAY for the other 15 percent.
I pulled the following quote from a website that was discussing AGW and its agenda.
Here you have in a nutshell the entire focus of the AGW crowd and their agenda. AGW is all about making the developed nations pay. These people are angry at developed nations for their raping the planet in the name of profits.
Do not be deceived by the AGW and their science. Their science is bunk. Its nothing but skewed numbers paid for by block grants to make the data fit a conclusion.
Put simply..it is not nor has it ever been about TEMPERATURE….its about heat retention. If their indeed is global warming on the scale they are predicting then the atmosphere would be heated. In fact based upon the raw data that they supply their is almost no rise in heat retention in the atmosphere. Its on the order of 1/10th of a degree in 33 years.
Additionally based upon their data…the sea ice is actually increasing in Antarctica and has been every year for the last 33 years. Additionally the seas are colder in the arctic then normal.
Additionally….well I could go on and on…but I wont.
In the 70’s it was “Global Cooling”. “Acid Rain.” fixed. In the 80’s it was Ozone depletion. Fixed. In the 90’s to date its rising co2. So enter carbon sequestering and co2 injection. Solar, wind, turbines. Geo thermal.
But by the Gods…stop with the Biofuels. Thats insane…taking food to fuel autos. Anyone see whats wrong with this picture here? Why would an AGW guy like Barak Obama fund Bio Fuels?
Yep…by taking up acreage to make fuel you are removing food from the shelves and thus making the plight of the developing or under developed nations even more severe in order to further put pressure on the UN and the world bank to relieve their suffering.
As the world bank states in regards to the amount of money needed to aid these countries in dealing with the effects of AGW……160 billion to 650 billion per year is needed…per year.
Cap and Tax. Nothing more then a feel good death sentence on American economy for no other reason but to make the progressive left feel good about their own raping of the poor people because even progressives drive SUV’s, Eat McDonalds and run their air conditioners when its hot outside.
our litmus test for universal healthcare is going great in Massachusettts (sarc)
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/11/26/health_pushes_firms_tax_up/?comments=all
yeah, double the tax on employers to cover those that are unemployed, that will help?
The Duval Administration seems suprised they need do this? I wonder how many jobs this will “create or save” I am working in a contract positing right now, hopng to go full time, not so sure that will happen now if the taxes on my hopeful employer go up.
At least one far leftener explains the far lefts true position.
THIS health care bill is WORTHLESS and should be defeated
Of course unless it has a public option…..WHICH we all know is the goal of the far left. GovErNMeNt ruuun health care.
Some facts about government run health care……..
18 weeks – British government’s goal to cut wait times to.
9,000 – British patients are denied kidney dialysis
15,000 – British patients who are refused coverage for chemotherapy
17,000 – Patients denied heart surgery
100,000 – canceled operations every year because of shortage of doctors
140,000 – Residents in Northern Ireland on a waiting list waiting for care right now
But by GOD at least crack heads, pot smokers, Drunks, homeless and illegal immigrants will have access to flu shots and aspirins for the flu for free.
We are screwed people. We as a nation elected a radical president who had quietly assembled a legion of radical legislators just waiting to spring upon the America people Marxist economic collapse. The more I see of this congress the scarier it looks.
OBAMA? Hes just an elite academia who cannot make a decision. The real danger is with a mindless Marxist congress.
Funny. Two months ago, the President invited 150 hand-picked doctors to the White House for a photo-op, and said “Nobody has more credibility with the American people on this than you do.”
Fast forward to today, and the California Medical Association (35,000 members strong) is the latest state doctors assn to officially oppose the Senate health care reform bill.
Health care as written by our Marxist Democratic brethren is just that…Marxist Nirvana that has no place in America.
Reform yes!!!!
Marxist healthcare…….NO!!!!!