New
EPA regulations will cost tens of thousands of jobs
Is there trouble in liberal
paradise? Through the years, the Obama Administration has received tremendous
support from the unions, which provided him with plenty of votes in both 2008
and 2012. But the new carbon emissions regulations from Obama’s Environmental
Protection Agency are being criticized by some unions and the working class
Democrats they represent.
Among the union leaders opposed to
the new regulations is Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of
America. He claims that the regulations will leave tens of thousands of the
union’s members unemployed. Yeah, no kidding.
In a prepared statement, Roberts
said, “The proposed rule…will lead to long-term and irreversible job losses for
thousands of coal miners, electrical workers, utility workers, boilermakers,
railroad workers and others without achieving any significant reduction of
global greenhouse gas emissions.”
An analysis by the union estimates
that the regulations will cause 75,000 job losses in the coal sector by 2020,
rising to 152,000 by 2035.
Will the loss of support from some
unions cause Obama to back down on the EPA’s strict regulations that will
seriously damage the coal industry? Unfortunately, no. The War on Coal is
something that Obama has been committed to for a long time, and he doesn’t care
how many people are negatively affected by it.
He’d much rather make a few
billionaire political donors happy than save the jobs of thousands of coal
industry workers, especially since he doesn’t have another re-election to worry
about. And as Obama himself predicted in 2008, all of us will pay the price
when electricity rates soar. Thanks a lot, Barack. Your quest to destroy
America is proceeding along nicely.
Comments
The
global warming hoax should end in the US in 2017 with a Republican President
who know that global warming is a hoax.
That should end the war on coal, but the damage has been done. Our power companies have already squandered
millions on unnecessary coal plant closures and conversions. If it doesn’t end, we will know we have more
house cleaning to do in the Congress.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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