Malignant Liberal Idiocy

U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is the chairman of the House global warming panel. This fact alone indicates that the man is of questionable character and/or intelligence. The fact that the House throws taxpayer dollars away by having such boondoggles as the global warming panel should be enough to make any reasonable citizen a little warmer (the result of rage.)

The Hill has a frightening article, “Markey to release aggressive global warming bill,” which gives me the impression that (D-Mass.) might not be short for “Democrat-Massachusetts”, after all. Instead, it may be be shorthand for “DuMb-aSS!”

From The Hill:

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House global warming panel, will introduce a bill next week that would cut emissions 85 percent below 2005 levels by 2050, more than the leading Senate bill to be debated on the floor next week.

Markey said the measure would generate $8 trillion through the auctioning of emissions allowances to polluters.

That money would be spent on developing new technologies like carbon capture and storage, retraining workers in green-collar jobs and helping consumers reduce their energy costs.

And:

Markey’s bill would not give polluters free emission allowances, but instead immediately put a price on emissions in an auction. That would likely raise the cost of compliance earlier than the Senate measure and therefore is likely to be opposed by the business community.

Markey said auctioning the allowances rather than handing them out for free would force industries to invest in energy-efficiency technologies that would allow them to reach emission targets in the near term.

“The business community that has been polluting has to accept the responsibility that this is a price that has been paid for by the society as a whole,” Markey said.

There are two possibilities to explain Rep. Markey’s bill (the same two possibilities would seem likely for most libiot proposals.) Rep. Markey may indeed be so stupid that he believes that his bill will help the electorate that he supposedly represents or may even be the right thing to do as far as carrying out the duties of his office. If this is the case, perhaps the people of Massachusetts should ask for IQ test scores before deciding how to vote on future candidates. (We would probably ask for them in Illinois if we didn’t believe that the Chicago Corruption Machine would get by with whatever it pleases.)

Does Rep. Markey know who would ultimately pay the $8 trillion? Maybe even the citizens of Taxachusetts might see prices of their gasoline and their manufactured items increase dramatically. This windfall for the ever-inflating government would be used to develop new technologies… by who? Will the efficiency of the Post Office or the IRS be applied to these developments? Does Rep. Markey have a view of reality that is so twisted that he honestly believes that punitive charges for production will not adversely affect the citizens that buy the products and have retirement plans invested in these businesses?

The second, and more likely possibility is also the more disappointing. Libiots such as Rep. Markey likely realize the the severe negative impact their proposals will have on this nation and its citizens. In fact, libiots such as Rep. Markey are likely counting on this negative impact! Libiots need dependents and bills such as this one provide them. The more expensive gasoline and manufactured goods become, the more people will seek government assistance and demand government action. The libiots in government can play the role of protector and champion of the common man while pointing the finger of accusation at the villainous and evil scourge known as business.

Political pythons such as Rep. Markey are far too common in our government. The problem can only worsen unless the electorate pays attention to the actions and motivations of those we elect.