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Phil Kerpen newsletter |
EnergyA Secret White House Power Grab Is In Full SwingEnergy | Fox News OpinionIt’s one thing for President Obama to surround himself with the advisers he’d like to have, but it’s another to bestow on them sweeping powers to broker secret negotiations and push forward vast new regulations that could cost American families thousands of dollars. Phil Kerpen - FOXNews.com - September 23, 2009 Cap-and-trade energy tax legislation appears stalled, at least for now, in the U.S. Senate. But that doesn’t mean the cap-and-trade energy tax isn’t imminent. The Obama administration is unfazed. They are moving full steam ahead with an even more costly regulatory scheme in the name of global warming—shoehorning the regulation of greenhouse gases into the 1970 Clean Air Act, a bill passed before anyone had ever thought of global warming and that couldn’t be less suited to the task. Driving the push for this massive power grab and circumvention of the elected branches is a key White House official who avoided Senate confirmation by being installed not as EPA director, but instead as White House Climate Czar: Carol Browner. Read the rest at Fox Forum. NY's Tax-Funded Ex-TerroristEnergy | New York Post | SpendingBy PHIL KERPEN Last Updated: 5:09 AM, September 9, 2009 VAN Jones resigned as White House green-jobs czar after the public got a look at his history of radical activism, including his time building the so-called Apollo Alliance -- a coalition of left-wing interest groups unified around the green-jobs concept. But another, even more radical Jones (not related) is leading Apollo's New York state activities. Jeff Jones was a domestic terrorist in the late '60s and a fugitive from justice throughout the '70s -- yet now he's a leader of an influential, taxpayer-funded group. How Van Jones Happened and What We Need to Do NextEnergy | Fox News Opinion | SpendingNow that Jones has resigned, we need to follow through with two critical policy victories. First, stop cap-and-trade, which could send these groups trillions, and second repeal the unspent portion of the stimulus bill, which stands to give them billions. Phil Kerpen The Van Jones affair could be an important turning point in the Obama administration if we use it as a window to understand the structure of the left and to stop the huge power-grab now taking place in the name of green jobs. It's also one of the most significant things I've ever had the honor of being involved in. Here's how, from my perspective, it happened and what it means. Read the rest at Fox Forum. Van Jones Matters Because His Allies Are After Your Tax DollarsEnergy | Fox News Opinion | SpendingWe must stop the cap-and-trade effort to restructure the global economy, and we also have to watch stimulus-funded projects like hawks to make sure as little taxpayer money as possible ends up funding left-wing political activities. Phil Kerpen It's easy to get caught up in personalities, especially when you're looking at organizations like the Apollo Alliance, the Blue-Green Alliance and individuals like Anthony K. "Van" Jones, the White House Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council for Environmental Quality, colloquially known as the "Green Jobs Czar." But falling into conspiracy theories, even factual ones like the ones I've discussed recently on the "Glenn Beck" show, can distract us from the important public policy questions at hand--specifically, will these groups succeed in getting billions of taxpayer dollars from the stimulus bill and potentially trillions of dollars from a cap-and-trade bill? Read the rest at Fox Forum. Listen to my Podcast on this topic here.  |