Posted on 07/19/2009 11:19:43 AM PDT by Nachum
With the U.S. secretaries of energy and commerce in China this week, much of the attention focused on the standoff over emissions reductions or small breakthroughs in clean-tech cooperation.
But yesterday, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said something amazing—U.S. consumers should pay for part of Chinese greenhouse-gas emissions. From Reuters:
“It’s important that those who consume the products being made all around the world to the benefit of America — and it’s our own consumption activity that’s causing the emission of greenhouse gases, then quite frankly Americans need to pay for that,” Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
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/Does this mean American exporters are exempt from paying for their greenhouse gases?
Cool. Americans can stop consuming and the Chinese can resume starving.
Yeah, you try and get that through congress, Gary. Thanks!
These whining, effing Democrats have to be ruined. They have to be quickly and unceremoniously removed from any leadership positions, representive positions, or any association with our Government.
Americans’ cannot continue to be seen as pussies by the rest of the World, and the only way to achieve that is to put the Leftist retards someplace where they cannot hurt anyone else while they self destruct.
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Just exactly why is our employee spouting such nonsense?
” and it’s our own consumption activity that’s causing the emission of greenhouse gases, then quite frankly Americans need to pay for that,” Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.”
Has to be a joke.
No rational thinking American could think this way.
Sounds like another socialist that doesn’t have a clue about how the market place works.
Hell, take it out of the pockets of *anyone* who has ever worked for Goldman Sucks.
Cheers!
And why would this be surprising to anyone familiar with the utter contempt the left has for the too wealthy, too advanced, too busy, too profit conscious, too consumer driven, oh so imperialist United States??!! Wanna bet this comment doesn’t get 24/7 play on CNN!
how do these assholes get in positions like this...
Because while you and I are quitetly living our lives, they are plotting, scheming and scamming.
Well, first you elect one to the presidency. Then he gets to install all his buttboys.
The Chinese probably said ‘Ya don’t like, you pay for it’, because after all we are handing them the purse strings.
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I don’t think so!
Good grief we have got to get these liberals OUT OF POWER!
What an ignorant monkey.
Wre need a Constitutional Amendment requiring all government employees to have a plurality of human Chromosomes and the President to be a US citizen!
That was my thought — wondered if this had anything to do with the Chinese holding all our paper.
Yep. Another slimy deal in the works.
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