In case you missed it, the Rev. Pat Robertson recently commented on the climate debate in Washington, DC and cap and trade in particular. An acquaintance forwarded me this YouTube video of what he said.
It’s a reminder that a growing number of conservatives recognize we need an approach to environmental stewardship that doesn’t rely on the heavy hand of government.
For example, Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) wrote in the Charlotte Observer about her decision to cosponsor the “America’s Climate Security Act” introduced by Sens. John Warner (R-VA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT): “The goal is to spur businesses to take leadership and develop technologies that will improve efficiency and reduce emissions. … It uses the market — not big government and tax increases — to solve the problem at the lowest possible cost.”
And Newt Gingrich’s new book “Contract with the Earth” discusses the need for environmental policies based on the understanding that “entrepreneurs are better than bureaucrats, science and technology are better than litigation and trial lawyers, and that having a focus on innovations and incentives and the marketplace would provide a much better environmental future than raising taxes.”
I haven’t read Newt’s book yet, but I like that. It’s our mantra here at Terra Rossa: Markets and profits; not big government subsidies or taxes. More and more conservatives get it. How about you?
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