Alternate title: This is what Fascism looks like
They truly have no shame in showing that they believe they know what is best for us
EPA chief Gina McCarthy said Wednesday that the Obama administration is finished waiting for Congress to act on climate change and plans to bypass the legislative branch in developing a federal response.
Ms. McCarthy, who was confirmed last month as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, cited President Obama’s June 25 speech at Georgetown University, in which he unveiled his Climate Action Plan and vowed to make combatting climate change a priority of his second term.
Mr. Obama gave “what I really think is a most remarkable speech by a president of the United States,†said Ms. McCarthy in remarks at the University of Colorado Boulder.
“Essentially, he said that it is time to act,†she said. “And he said he wasn’t going to wait for Congress, but that he had administrative authorities and that it was time to start utilizing those more effectively and in a more concerted way.â€
She insisted that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions could be accomplished without harming economic growth, calling the tension between the two priorities a “false choice.â€
Wait…..there is no tension between the economy and the environment BECAUSE we’re going to choose the environment, or….. there is no tension between the economy and the environment BUT, we’re going to choose the environment. She cannot have both interpretations, BUT the WaPo is going to give them to her anyway.
So who is Gina McCarthy? What is her educational speciality? From her Wiki page:
McCarthy graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology in 1976. In 1981 she received a joint Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy from Tufts University.
No subjects that would have required her to take a single Economics course above the 100 level. So not even a moderate Economics background, which means she has little to no understanding of the subject. But the WaPo is going to take her word that she knows enough about Economics to say that her and the President’s policies would not harm the economy.
That, my friends, is willful ignorance on both her part and theirs.