In order to 'save the planet' candidate Obama promised to bankrupt coal and drive electric rates upward like a rocket. I don't think he realized how much that was going to hurt poor people struggling to pay their skyrocketing electric bills. I don't favor the moronic assumptions that beating down the poor is necessary in order to save the world from alleged man-made weather changes.
A person would have to be pretty stupid to somehow butcher the context of that Obama statement.
Where was the link wrong
The whitewashing and editorial editing of Obama's clear intent still does not change the fact that Obama hit the deck from day one tearing down the US coal industry. Here is a clip from the piece you posted that you had hoped would prove Obama never intended to hurt the coal industry, especially in the midst of the 2008 banking collapse recession:
Bankrupt old plants, not companies
I think maybe you have not thought this one out very clearly. Obama said he intended to bankrupt coal companies, whether you want to call them plants, businesses, operations, industries, or whatever. The problem with bankrupting coal companies like that is that such fascist closings would hurt American workers, hurt American businesses, hurt American consumers, and hurt the economy.
Plants are not companies
Explain the difference. Did Obama intend to destroy plants but not companies, thus somehow supposedly intending to preserve coal jobs for millions of Americans and preserve low electricity rates for the suffering poor? That is not what he said in the video.
Plants are owned by companies
Is that what Obama intended? To destroy plants so electric rates would "skyrocket?" Did Obama even have a clue how badly poor people were going to be hurt because of "skyrocketing" energy costs?
He wanted less pollution . Coal plants with better tech duh
www.businessinsider.com
I see. So he thought creating hardships on the poor was better for the world than possible risking discomfort for those who have plenty of money?
