Space Failed East Ohioans (The Intelligencer)

The Intelligencer

Editorial

June 29, 2009

We don't know what favors, if any, U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Ohio, was promised by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and possibly President Barack Obama. We do know that Obama and Pelosi lobbied intensively to convince members of Congress to vote in favor of the Waxman-Markey Bill - otherwise known as "cap and trade" - on Friday.

By the thin margin of 219-212, the House of Representatives approved "cap and trade." All three members of the House from West Virginia - Democrats Alan Mollohan and Nick Rahall and Republican Shelley Moore Capito - voted against the bill. So did U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Ohio. Wilson, an early opponent of the measure, defied party discipline to vote in the best interests of his East Ohio constituents. We believe they will remember that when he comes up for re-election.

We hope East Ohioans will remember how Space voted, too. With knowledge of how badly thousands of families in his district will be hurt by the bill, if it becomes law, Space turned his back on his constituents. He chose to vote with Pelosi, D-Calif., and with Obama, who had made "cap and trade" one of his top priorities.

The dishonesty and politics used to pass "cap and trade" were truly astounding - to those of us in America's heartland, at least. In Washington, such tactics are accepted, even encouraged and rewarded.

One example of the frantic rush to "spin" the issue during the last few days before the vote on Friday is illustrative. On Wednesday, liberals released part of a Congressional Budget Office study claiming "cap and trade," if enacted, will cost American families an average of only $175 a year. That simply is not true. It will cost families in our area much, much more. It will cost some their jobs.

But the $175 figure was not low enough. So, on Thursday, "cap and trade" supporters claimed the Environmental Protection Agency had set the cost at an average of $140 a year.

Still not good enough. So, on Friday, the very same liberals who previously had used the $175 and $140 figures claimed that, well, the cost would only be $80 to $110 - according to the EPA.

It was that process of lying to the American people - and that is exactly what happened - that Space rewarded with his "aye" vote on the Waxman-Markey bill.

Zack Space not sure on cap and trade

How can one be unsure if he'd vote to put many in his own district out of work?
How can one be unsure if he'd vote to:

1. Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $9.6 trillion
2. Destroy an average of 1-3 million jobs, every year
3. Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation
4. Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent
5. Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent
6. Raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500 annually
7. Increase the federal debt by 26 percent, which is $29,150 per person

From Heritage Foundation. May 18, 2009.


He voted for this bill in committee:

Vote by Ohio Reps. Space, Sutton for Waxman-Markey Bill Disappointing in Light of Ohio's Economy

Fascist's Greed

Great comments about the "energy" bill being bantered about in Congress. As far as I know, Zack Space still can't make up his mind about this massive job killing bill. Previous post here.

The Intelligencer, Wheeling News - Register story. (don't you love it when newspapers try to keep all the names of those papers they've bought in the past in their new name? I'll bet they use a lot of ink trying to put all the names on their top fold.)

Comments from oldsteelmaker:

"Cap and trade will guarantee that blast furnace will never run again. It will also destroy Mountain State Coke. One ton of coke makes three and a half tons of carbon dioxide. Since the proposed "fee" will be more than the profit on the steel made, no one will make steel here anymore. If you have no blast furnaces, who needs coke?

Despite all the claims, no one has shown a cause-and-effect relationship between human generated carbon dioxide and climate conditions. There's a lot of handwaving and smoke and mirrors, but the recent data shows distinctly different results compared to the models. If it's supposed to be getting warmer, why is the average temp dropping? We did not see the peak temps get near the records in the 1930's, and they are going down.

So why is this happening? Pelosi's husband was a big investor in Boone Pickens' wind farm venture. She wants to see that make money. Gore will make millions trading the credits.

Greed."

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