(Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to
mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of
this blog.)
[Q] - Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was
willing to bankrupt a major industry? Would this declaration not
immediately be front page news? Well, Barack Obama actually flat out
told the San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate) that he was willing to see
the coal industry go bankrupt in a January 17, 2008 interview. The
result? Nothing. This audio interview has been hidden from the
public...until now. Here is the transcript of Obama's statement about
bankrupting the coal industry (emphasis mine):
Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in
place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody
else's out there.
I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade
system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases
emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in
which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented,
whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to
meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are
being placed, imposed every year.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's
just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a
huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. -
http://media.newsbusters.org/stories/hidden-audio-obama-tells-sf-chronicle-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry.html?q=blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/11/02/hidden-audio-obama-tells-sf-chronicle-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry#new
Hear his words, and if you still believe you're worthless - vote for
Obama.
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