Boehner on Dems' National Energy Tax: "I Have Never Seen Anything This Ridiculous".

Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) remarks at his weekly on-camera press briefing.

"This bill will also cost 2.3 million to 2.7 million Americans their jobs. That's because high energy industries, like the steel- making industry, won't be located in the United States anymore. They're going to be shipped to our competitors in China, India, South Korea, who don't even have half of the electricity -- or the EPA guidelines and environmental guidelines that we have here in America.
If you look on this chart, this is how this process will work. With the EPA being in the middle, look at all of these different agencies that are involved.
Now, this is the most elaborate thing that I've seen. You know, I've been here a while, and I've seen some pretty crazy things, but I have never seen anything this ridiculous."

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[USoSilly2Me]

I just hope this bill doesn't pass in the Senate. We're in for it..... if it does.

[Nickk361]

The supporters of this legislation are knowingly entering into the deliberate destruction of the US economy. With the US will go the world. Hunger will not come from nature but from a lack of food directly linked to this bill. Poverty will come not from rising seas but from shrinking paychecks and opportunities. Winds and Rain will not destroy industry, this legislation will. It's time we throw these "clowns" out of office.

[AzBirdDog]

Obama ran on job creation.

It looks to me like obama is doing everything in his power to make everybody jobless, make us reliant, and make us vulnerable.

It's like these people who have money coming out of their asses don't understand, that if it wasn't for the small guy working his ass off everyday, that they wouldn't be in the position they're in now.

It takes a bunch of hard working people to make a company work.

You think that they would understand this.

Apparently they don't.

[s46d45m17]

To late dumb ass Regan already got rid of our steel industry back in the early 80s.

[SpinCage]

Get the negroid baboon away from the control panel in the White House...he keeps hitting the flush button and won't stop pissing the treasury away.

[whatchaknow100]

hey check out my song about this asshole on his other site called bloodhounds ,he carse more about those dogs then he do people ,know wonder thier red neck hicks from this lowest sticks ,,gop hickville ,gee where did you come from boehner the backwoods ,where they yell yee haw ,wouldnt want to be near you wit a gun cause I already know you can kill people ,just look at what your doing to these inocent people right now ,and hey the rich and middle class are enjoying this mess you doing too

[TheSeaMyst]

thatch a great idea left --> send more of our jobs away your right soon us Americans are coming for all of you government people if we don't have Gobs will just take yours' After all we have to work? And I bet the poorest would do a better job at making laws right than any of you!

[rationalnow]

First of all you don't know anything about me, so why are you calling names? I was a lifelong Democrat until last year but when I saw the way left-wing extremists' hate groups took over the Democrat party, I left the party. I don't even know what the hell you're talking about by calling me a "neocon." But you need to investigate what's going on in the Democrat party, if you have any decency at all you should be shocked and appalled by what they're doing!

[rationalnow]

Whether than just spewing idiotic liberal talking points and name-calling, why don't you do a little research and study about the numerous plans proposed by Republicans. If you think Democrats are going to do anything productive or beneficial for the country then you're sadly mistaken. All they care about is payback to the corrupt unions and hate-mongering special interest groups that got them their power. They don't care about the country or they wouldn't be pushing their destructive agenda!

[soupsdone]

RichardE8ST, clearly, you have no knowledge of basic economic concepts. Cap and trade compounded with an energy tax would demolish US industry. Our products would be priced out of the global market. Our ailing economy would totally fail. Isn't that a sensible fear? What about that is "ignorant"?

[jmjfanss]

Both parties suck ass.