Waxman-Markey

I saw this post linked by Instapundit. So I called congressman Markey's office to ask a few simple questions:

1. Is the Congressman aware that his bill would push carbon limits to Haiti or US 1875 levels? Does he think the quality of life achieved here since then might be related to those levels?


2. Is he aware of what the effects of this legislation would be on jobs in his district? In the state? In the country? Does he realize there is a recession going on and that it's almost guaranteed the regulations would have a negative impact short term?

After having no answers - "you know the congressman sponsored the bill?", to which I responded "yes, so it should be easy for his staff to have some simple answers" - and clearly readying my complaints for the recycle bin - the joke of a staffer said "I think the congressman hopes that his bill would actually create jobs, green jobs." Firstly the only green I'm interested in when it comes to jobs is cash. Secondly - his hope is about as likely to be true as my hope to have my congressman read a bill and have some basic understanding of it before sponsoring it. Then I asked this follow up:

3. How many of our top American companies rely on oil or are directly in the oil industry? Does he know what happened in Spain with their "green jobs" foray? (He did not.)



So in summary: if the congressman wants to improve air quality, he should start by removing his head from his posterior.