THE CLIMATE CHANGE LOBBY HAS STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USED LIKE A CHEAP WHORE.
But we have been derided as evil for trying to tell them that they were being used like a cheap whore.
THE CLIMATE CHANGE LOBBY HAS REGRETS...CAP AND TRADE IS GOING TO COST THEM
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
Wall Street Journal
Jim Rogers is not happy with the Obama administration. Ever since the White House unveiled its costly climate program, the CEO of Duke Energy has been arguing the proposals amount to nothing more than a tax. Indeed.
Mr. Rogers belongs to the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, about 30 companies that decided they were going to dance with the U.S. government to the tune of global warming legislation. The group demanded a "cap-and-trade" system, figuring they'd craft the rules so as to obtain regulatory certainty, with little upfront cost. At the time, Mr. Rogers explained: "If you don't have a seat at the table, you'll wind up on the menu."
Duke sat, yet it and its compatriots are still shaping up to be Washington's breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Obama plan will cost plenty, upfront, which will be borne by Mr. Rogers's customers. The Duke CEO tells me that he still sees opportunity to change the proposal: "This is not my first rodeo, in terms of working with the legislative process." There nonetheless may be a lesson here for companies that invite the U.S. government to saddle them with huge, expensive regulations.
"People are learning," says William Kovacs, vice president of environment, technology and regulatory affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (which has been cautious about embracing a climate plan). "The Obama budget did more to help us consolidate and coalesce the business community than anything we could have done. It's opened eyes to the fact that this is about a social welfare transfer system, not about climate."....
I will say one thing... if they start to whine and cry that, "We just didn't know... we just didn't understand..." then stand up and call them liars because there have been many, many voices screaming at them during the entire time.
And not just voices... but also hard scientific facts... compared to the hype and fear tactics of the left grabbing for control...
"Hey lobbiers... you were warned... you heard... you ignored... you caved."
xtnyoda, shalomed
But we have been derided as evil for trying to tell them that they were being used like a cheap whore.
THE CLIMATE CHANGE LOBBY HAS REGRETS...CAP AND TRADE IS GOING TO COST THEM
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
Wall Street Journal
Jim Rogers is not happy with the Obama administration. Ever since the White House unveiled its costly climate program, the CEO of Duke Energy has been arguing the proposals amount to nothing more than a tax. Indeed.
Mr. Rogers belongs to the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, about 30 companies that decided they were going to dance with the U.S. government to the tune of global warming legislation. The group demanded a "cap-and-trade" system, figuring they'd craft the rules so as to obtain regulatory certainty, with little upfront cost. At the time, Mr. Rogers explained: "If you don't have a seat at the table, you'll wind up on the menu."
Duke sat, yet it and its compatriots are still shaping up to be Washington's breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Obama plan will cost plenty, upfront, which will be borne by Mr. Rogers's customers. The Duke CEO tells me that he still sees opportunity to change the proposal: "This is not my first rodeo, in terms of working with the legislative process." There nonetheless may be a lesson here for companies that invite the U.S. government to saddle them with huge, expensive regulations.
"People are learning," says William Kovacs, vice president of environment, technology and regulatory affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (which has been cautious about embracing a climate plan). "The Obama budget did more to help us consolidate and coalesce the business community than anything we could have done. It's opened eyes to the fact that this is about a social welfare transfer system, not about climate."....
I will say one thing... if they start to whine and cry that, "We just didn't know... we just didn't understand..." then stand up and call them liars because there have been many, many voices screaming at them during the entire time.
And not just voices... but also hard scientific facts... compared to the hype and fear tactics of the left grabbing for control...
"Hey lobbiers... you were warned... you heard... you ignored... you caved."
xtnyoda, shalomed
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