We often joke ? even if it’s nervous laughter ? about lawmakers voting on bills they’ve never read. Usually, we’re talking about an ignorant lawmaker voting on a bill pushed by another lawmaker.
That’s why it’s disturbing to hear Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., admit he doesn’t know the details of his own cap-and-trade bill. Cap-and-trade measures could cost North Carolina dearly in the years ahead, as the Beacon Hill Institute showed in a 2008 report.
Advocates tout the new “green” jobs associated with policies such as cap and trade, but Beacon Hill’s David Tuerck explained why those claims are bogus.
