SuziavanSwol#9 Obama and Climate Change

When reading this article, I couldn't help but think that Republicans and the part of society that is against cap and trade and climate control, is being controlled by the government. For the people that believe it is all a hoax, the fact that their tax dollars is being spent on saving a planet that they dont' think needs saving is a form of social control. I am all for taxes because I like schools and roads and healthcare, but I could see how those who don't agree with the way the government is doing things would be unhappy that the government controls where their money goes, especially when the believe it should be focuses on jobs, not the green movement.

Pence: Obama And Congress Should Focus On Jobs, Not Climate Change
Posted by University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service on December 7, 2009 | ShareThis

By Meagan Wiseley – University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) told reporters at a pen and pad session Monday that U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress should be focused on jobs and the economic recession, not climate change.

“House Republicans continue to believe that…jobs are the number one priority of the American people, and should be the number one priority of this Congress,” Pence said.

According to a press release from Pence’s office, the Republican leader believes President Obama should “address serious concerns before traveling to Copenhagen” for the United Nations global climate change summit.

“At the time of double-digit unemployment, the last thing our country needs is a jobs-killing cap and trade scheme on our families and small businesses by bureaucrats at the United Nations,” the statement added.

In his remarks before reporters, Pence also said that if Obama enters the U.S. into a political agreement to reduce carbon emissions, U.S. small businesses would be at a “competitive disadvantage to those developing countries who have pledged to protect their growing economies from international carbon caps.”