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Thursday, June 05, 2014

Obama set to ‘kill economy’ with 1 simple move

'Big hit to consumers, to families, to businesses. That means fewer jobs'

President Obama is moving forward with a central component of his climate-change agenda, as the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that carbon emissions must be reduced by 30 percent at fossil-fuel-burning power plants by 2030 to fend off the devastating effects of a changing climate.

The plan is actually set to take effect next year, but EPA administrator Gina McCarthy says the administration has a “moral obligation to act.”

The reduction in carbon emissions was a critical component of Obama’s “cap-and-trade” agenda that failed to pass the U.S. Senate in 2010, even with a filibuster-proof Democratic majority. This time, the administration is not involving Congress, a move that has Republicans seething.

“That’s been par for the course ever since Republicans took the majority in the U.S. House. The president has just ignored Congress and done everything by administrative fiat, in many cases going beyond his legitimate authority. That’s really dangerous and not living under the Constitution in significant ways, said Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

“I think it’s dangerous when you have this dramatic (of) an action plan which can’t get legislative support, even in the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate,” he said.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

We need to stop funding the EPA... They are radical left wingnuts that are hell bent on doing King Barry's dirty work of destroying the economy so Socialism can take hold...

Anonymous said...

9:21 Spot on! EPA has no lawmaking authority.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Obama need to be relieved of his duties...immediately. Then that little clause of "executive power" needs to be removed as well. A power hungry person can do anything they want without the necessary checks & balances.

Anonymous said...

For crying out loud, will somebody begin impeachment already?

Anonymous said...

1257, nothing can be done until YOU VOTE to hand the SENATE Republican Tea Party control this coming November. Then, and only then, could an impeachment vote carry.

It;s your call and mine. Will you vote?