Posted on 07/13/2009 8:34:34 PM PDT by redk
There is no shortage of threats to our economy. America's unemployment rate recently hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and is expected to continue climbing. Worries are widespread that even when the economy finally rebounds, the recovery won't bring jobs. Our nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into the private sector is unprecedented.
Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:
I am deeply concerned about President Obama's cap-and-trade energy plan, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Hey no arguments here, this is the best Sarah news in a long time I’m happy.
There's an envitonmental angle she should be exloiting:
Yes, she makes a great point.
The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics....
Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation?
Yes, we can. Just not with Barack Obama's energy cap-and-tax plan.
Pretty Dang Great....
Eggsactly, very well written. Short and to the point. Far better than one of those meandering drivelfests that Nooner or Dowdy writes.
PRay for America and Gov Palin
From the article: “Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs...”
and,
“The Americans hit hardest will be those already struggling to make ends meet. As the president eloquently puts it, their electricity bills will “necessarily skyrocket.” So much for not raising taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year...”
Simple. Powerful. Using the donks’ own facts and statements to make her argument.
I’m not sold on anyone at this point for 2012. But this certainly has me paying closer attention.
“There’s an envitonmental angle she should be exloiting:
We can drill. cleanly and responsibly here at home, or we can buy from “dirty drillers” abroad and have our money and jobs shipped overseas to hire those who drill irresponsibly and without regard for the environment.”
There is another line that is emerging from countries that have already started pursuing energy taxing.
It is a further transfer of wealth (remeber those pushing it, the UN).
And it is this: let developing counties or large 3rd world economies develop dirty energy, AND we will pay them to then clean that supply, because it still affects all of us, so compensate them the cost. The UN is currently transferring large amounts money to these countries to do this ... and its very unaccountable.
Its actually a FURTHER transfer of wealth - ITS NEVER ENDING.
She wants to go for 2012. You can feel the urgency.
But I'm a little concerned. She's proud of losing that baby fat, but she's lost too much. She's too thin. Eat a mooseburger with double-cheese, Sarah.
We are in tough economic times.
Sarah, by avoiding the “climate change” 800 lb. gorilla in the room, is FORCING the other side to bring it up -—
And, Sarah has said what the cost of cap and tax will be -—
So, just like when the public is asked to buy ANY product or service -—
If you tell me the hamburger will cost $10.00 I am not likely to ask you about the ingredients, I will more than likely NOT BUY IT!
Comments section is already saying Kristol or Newt wrote this for Palin
She has a natural gift.
A cadence to her writing that allows you to hear her voice, as you read it.
She's a runner.
There are a lot of things she might have added, but she is speaking with great clarity. Will the SRM avoid this editorial like the plague? If not, some alphabet viewers will get some education they understand.
I hear her voice loud and clear.
Truth be told?
I have a journalism degree, and I have ghost written for a few politicians -—
Sarah, I WILL TAKE THE JOB!
LOL
Kathleen Parker should stay off the Internet.
Well, still. She’s a little thin. A woman with five kids feels the need to prove something. She’s proved it. Now have a little ice cream.
Try thinking like a sheeple for a change instead of a FReeper.
There's no need for her to scream that global warming is a hoax right now, otherwise she'll just be portrayed as a lunatic.
Read what she's doing and it makes perfect sense. If the environmental wackos care about the planet, then why do they support us importing our energy instead of getting it here, when we can do it much more environmentally sounder? The reader will see the contrast and say, "Yeah, it makes sense just to get it here rather than importing tankers over the oceans to our shores."
Once you change people's minds about energy and how it's best to get it here, the "global warming is a hoax!" argument will take care of itself.
She didn’t accept the premise; she bypassed it.
The point she made here is that regardless of what you think about “climate change,” cap and tax is not the answer; taking advantage of our domestic resources is the solution.
She could have spent time trying to convince people that her understanding of the problem is correct, and then secondarily trying to convince them that her solution is right. But that’s a complex, multi-step argument.
Instead, she cut out the first step, and went directly to her proposed solution. If she convinces people that her proposed solution is correct, does it really matter people’s understanding of the problem differ from hers?
Absolutely agree! Succinct, plain talk. She could have said lots of other things but I think it is perfect and to the point.
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