Posts Tagged ‘climate change’

Wish List

Monday, December 7th, 2009

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With job creation at the top of the economic wish list as the nation slowly recovers from the deep recession, and with the Afghanistan decision made, Obama last week convened a jobs summit. The truth is, and everyone knows it, there’s little more that can be done to create the millions of jobs needed to offset those lost the last two years, unless the government is willing to spend billions more on additional stimulus. This puts Obama in a precarious place; does he risk adding to the already huge deficit, risking runaway inflation down the road, or does he stand pat and hope the economy creates more jobs than anticipated? Perhaps intervention from another agency will save the day. It can’t hurt to ask. “Tis the season.

A Watched Pot

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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As usual, other things are more pressing in the nation’s capital than saving the Earth. So, it appears that the climate bill will be kicked down the road one more time. Oh, well. More days of golf for me. Our kids will have to deal with it.