Obama's former environmental czar Carol Browner told a throng of environmentalists that their hopes need not be dashed. She said that a host of damaging regulations, fines, and taxes will be part of Obama's second term agenda. "He will remain committed," she promised
According to the Washington Examiner, one of the new regulations is a "cow tax." Farmers and ranchers that raise livestock will have to pay for their animal's gas emissions.
Up to 37,000 farmers will have to pay an average of $23,000 per year.
Senator Jim Inhofe, R-Okla, explained why the EPA is holding off until next year. "They don't want all those pink slips and price spikes to hit until after the election.
This will at the same time force up the price of food, reduce the availability of healthy protein in the diets of children, and force small farmers out of the game. Big Agriculture does not mind the tax because it will kill off much of the entrepreneurial "organic" farm competition.
Society of Professional Journalists' President Ken Ward Jr of the leftist Charleston Gazette tweeted that the Obama EPA is the most secretive government agency that "I've covered in 20 years."
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