TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Killing jobs at the EPA

By TigerHawk at 6/13/2011 12:59:00 PM

Here is yet another example -- they are legion -- of the Obama administration's regulatory policy running contrary to its fiscal and monetary policy.

The administration and its allies in Congress and the Federal Reserve are spending trillions to stimulate the economy, and then burdening it with extraordinary regulatory confusion, uncertainty, and straight up expense. It is no wonder that two policies so profoundly in conflict have done so little to improve the economy. This has been going on for more than two years and shows no signs of abating. The only question is whether the president understands the inherent conflict in his policies and simply prefers to satisfy the tremendous pent up demand on the Democratic left to re-regulate American business (an ambition largely frustrated since the second half of the Carter administration), or does not. I honestly cannot decide which explanation is more likely to be true.

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7 Comments:

By Ignoramus, at Mon Jun 13, 02:39:00 PM:

Don't worry. Obama's having a big gathering of his Jobs Council today. All will be fine.

By dmoelling, at Mon Jun 13, 02:54:00 PM:

This started with the loss of coal projects (new plants) where all the equipment has been purchased and shipped to sites throughout the US (excluding of course CA and the NE).

No regulation killed these plants, only the threat of cap and trade. So capital investment down the drain, construction jobs thrown away for nothing but perceived political advantage.

These plants would have at a minimum been more efficient and less polluting than their older cousins.

By Georg Felis, at Mon Jun 13, 03:54:00 PM:

Seems to be a Toyota problem at the While House. One foot on the brake, one foot on the accelerator, and wondering where all the smoke is coming from.

By feeblemind, at Mon Jun 13, 05:04:00 PM:

FWIW the WSJ linked article is behind their paywall.

By Foxfier, at Mon Jun 13, 10:17:00 PM:

Regulation, lawsuits and "environmental" stuff: three favorite things that really hurt jobs.

By MR. Ed, at Tue Jun 14, 11:58:00 AM:

Sigh.

M.E.

By Stephen, at Tue Jun 14, 05:21:00 PM:

Any EPA decrees should be easy to reverse if a Republican wins the next election, right?