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Monday, June 14, 2010

Obama to speak about cap and trade

Tomorrow night, President Obama is to give an address on the oil spill in the Gulf. According to White House sources, the centerpiece of the address will be a push for cap and trade legislation. In other words, Obama's response to an oil spill is new taxes, fewer jobs and a stagnant economy. Can he really be serious?

On the same subject, Alabama governor Riley, a Republican, took strong issue with the way that the federal government is handling the clean up. According to Riley, decisions are stalled because each government agency included in the "unified command" running the response has a veto on decisions advanced by other government agencies. Riley cited a Coast Guard plan for protecting the Alabama shoreline that has been held up for 45 days because another member of the committee is reviewing it. Obama needs to get someone to take charge and make decisions. That would do a lot more good than talking about cap and trade.

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