Will ACORN receive federal funds under "cap-and-trade" legislation?
The House and Senate versions of "cap and trade" have earmarked several hundred million dollars to be used by "community development organizations" for the purpose of educating business and low-income neighborhoods in energy efficiency. Presumably ACORN -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a high-profile activist organization that is currently embroiled in political controversy -- would be among those beneficiaries. Ben Lieberman, a specialist in energy and environmental issues with The Heritage Foundation, predicts that the legislation will do the opposite of what it claims. "Well, we heard an awful lot about 'green' jobs, and I guess these jobs would be 'green' jobs -- but the problem with the global-warming bill is it's so expensive and it costs so much in taxpayer dollars as well as in higher energy costs...[that] it kills more jobs than it could ever create," argues Lieberman. "So yes, there will be these jobs for activists, which is environmental activists as well as other community organizing groups like ACORN...but this is all in furtherance of a policy that is going to kill jobs." The environmental specialist notes that concerned citizens need to be vigilant concerning this legislation. He adds that the "wheels seem to be coming off the cart" with the science behind global warming following the recently revealed e-mails that show the science behind alleged "climate change" was forged.
The House and Senate versions of "cap and trade" have earmarked several hundred million dollars to be used by "community development organizations" for the purpose of educating business and low-income neighborhoods in energy efficiency. Presumably ACORN -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a high-profile activist organization that is currently embroiled in political controversy -- would be among those beneficiaries.
Ben Lieberman, a specialist in energy and environmental issues with The Heritage Foundation, predicts that the legislation will do the opposite of what it claims. "Well, we heard an awful lot about 'green' jobs, and I guess these jobs would be 'green' jobs -- but the problem with the global-warming bill is it's so expensive and it costs so much in taxpayer dollars as well as in higher energy costs...[that] it kills more jobs than it could ever create," argues Lieberman. "So yes, there will be these jobs for activists, which is environmental activists as well as other community organizing groups like ACORN...but this is all in furtherance of a policy that is going to kill jobs." The environmental specialist notes that concerned citizens need to be vigilant concerning this legislation. He adds that the "wheels seem to be coming off the cart" with the science behind global warming following the recently revealed e-mails that show the science behind alleged "climate change" was forged.
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