A great piece from Patrick McIlheran.
How one thing can lead to another and who is always on the short end of the rope.
Doyle, DNR, mandates, higher costs, lost jobs!
"On mercury rules
By Patrick McIlheran
Wednesday, Aug 20 2008, 10:49 AM
As you may have heard, Wisconsin is about to impose notably stringent mandates for reducing mercury: The Department of Natural Resources is going to require utilities to cut their mercury emissions by 90% over the next few years. " On mercury rules - Patrick McIlheran: Right On
Utilities were already under a federal mandate to cut mercury by 70%, and they were under the impression that the state mercury standards were going to be the same. The DNR standard was, in fact, just that, but Gov. Jim Doyle, running for re-election in 2006, ordered the DNR to make it 90% instead. Environmentalists lauded this, on the rational grounds that any mercury is bad mercury, while utilities pointed out that getting a 90% reduction is much costlier and of dubious feasibility.
Nice, isn't it that Jim Doyle takes care of his Environmentalist friends.
Besides, they pointed out, the EPA's research found little added benefit from a 90% cut compared to a 70% one, while it adds a lot of cost.
Adds a lot of cost to who?
Avg tax payers, how much more can we take? This means to business, higher costs which means higher costs to consumers. Who are consumers? All of us, including the dumb jack's that keep voting for these liberal lefty democrats.
The environmentalists have to be happy the two New Page mills shut down in Wisconsin. Two less big nasty dirty evil mills shut down.The union's cannot have it both ways. Do they want jobs for their members or their politicians that are shutting down businesses? When will union members wake up and see the bait and switch their leaders are doing with your dues. Is Doyle and the DNR for jobs and people or for the environmentalists? Yea, yea I know New Page shut the mills down but you have to know there are some environmental wacko's happy they are gone. The democratic parties own special interest groups. How many more businesses will shut down or move out of state before people wake up. I hope before they get laid off with no job. Jim Doyle and the dem's are your friends.
You can't have it both ways! And the rank and file suck up everything their leaders tell them. Sure helps the X employee's at New Page. Sooner or later will the unions and it's members protect and vote for the envoromentalists who are taking away their jobs? No, no it those evil republicans that are evil.
No evil business's, No jobs,
No jobs, No union dues.
No union dues, No unions.
When will it end? When average people wake up.
The sad part, they may never wake up even after it's all gone.
Just keep voting democrat.
A side note, if the DNR wants to reduce mercury emissions, why do we have to switch over to light bulbs with mercury inside them? A small world, isn't it!
