voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/23/2009
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About "The Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill is making headlines for showing that the legislation wouldn't cost much." The assumption is that all energy efficiency legislation is good for consumers. Wrong. Inefficient products need to have special ...
online.wsj.com - 6/26/2009
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Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to
reassure him on the science of man-made global warming....
When the administration proved unhelpful, Mr. Fielding decided to vote against climate-change legislation. If you haven't heard of this ...
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Strassel: The Climate Change Climate Change
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/18/2009
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i remember when we planted an american flag
on the moon. it seemed that the united states...
could accomplish anything. reading this, and lamenting over what is happening in california. all of the money spent in iraq, and our hopes being dimmed with ...
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Ezra Klein
- Health Care Reform in Danger
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/19/2009
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Ezra Klein
- Listen to the Polls
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Climate Change Back-and-Forth
The American Scene —
... I’m also glad to see that Ezra Klein is explicit about his acceptance that climate change is expected to have extremely limited effects on the United States for at least the next hundred years. I figure that ought to be pretty important when debating the proper policies for the government of the United States. On the other hand, we continue to disagree about the financial efficiency of the foreign aid program defined by transforming the energy sector of the American economy in order to head off a predicted problem that might affect people who might ...
Climate Change Back-and-Forth
The Corner on National Review Online —
... is confronting the reality that Waxman-Markey is very unlikely to work, either in the sense of providing benefits greater than costs, or in the sense of achieving anything like its stated goals, even without regard to cost. I m also glad to see that Ezra Klein is explicit about his acceptance that climate change is expected to have extremely limited effects on the United States for at least the next hundred years . I figure that ought to be pretty important when debating the proper policies for the government of the United States. On the other hand, we continue to disagree ...
The Limits Of Waxman-Markey
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
If we do nothing, Americans may see little economic loss: The actual economic drag projected for the United States in the 21st century is relatively modest: 3 percent or so. The economic case for cap-and-trade is very hard to make. Which leaves the moral ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 7/2/2009 — I used to work for a very large company. Someone once asked the HR guy: why can't we get better health benefits (this was, oh, 10 + years ago). He said: well, we're a really large employer, there aren't so many companies that would be able to cover ...
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Two reactions to Ezra Klein
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 6/24/2009 — Ezra takes Meet The Press to task, rightly, for totally misinforming viewers about the health care debate:
Less forgivable was Nina Easton's performance on the actual program last weekend. She explained to the viewers that "the big speed bump this ...
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States - Home
globalchange.gov 6/17/2009 — Climate changes are underway in the United States and are projected to grow. Climate-related changes are already observed in the United States and its coastal waters. These include increases in heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea level, ...
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- On the Passage of Waxman-Markey
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/29/2009 — And this has been the huge problem with Obama's legislative plan. He can control what gets debated and put his force and popularity behind it. Instead he's not lead but allowed Congress to do the heavy lifting. The huge problem with that is Congress ...
Economy Department with Ezra Klein
washingtonpost.com 7/2/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
Ezra Klein
- An Interview With Tom Daschle
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/19/2009 — "I don't know where that came from." "I didn't say that." You missed a follow up opportunity, Ezra: Did ABC News screw up its report that badly? "But we were concerned that the ongoing health reform debate is beginning to show signs of fracture on the ...
Ezra Klein
- The Truth About the Insurance Industry
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — Ezra, the fact that the industry tracks loss ratios is not in itself shocking. All insurers do. If the ratio gets out of hand, they go out of business. A public plan would have to control its ratio or require huge taxpayer bailouts. It is disturbing, ...
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- Should Newspapers Be Funded By the Government?
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/3/2009 — Ezra writes: ****That's not to dismiss all the concerns about this approach. But there is no perfect model. There are only bad models***** I don't think the models are really so bad. We're in the middle of a very severe economic crisis. It's not ...
Ezra Klein
- The Public Plan Compromise That Isn't
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/12/2009 — Ezra wrote: "But maybe they'll succeed. I see no reason not to give it a shot. Let a thousand models bloom." And if you clap your hands Tinkerbell will fly.... I'm F'ing sick and tired of folks not getting at what a majority of Americans correctly ...
U.S. launches WTO case against China —
Reuters: Politics 6/23/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is launching a World Trade Organization case against China over its export restrictions on raw materials, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Tuesday.
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