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Economy
More Boodle - This Time to Fight Climate Change
2014-02-17
With debt limit raised, Obama launches $1 billion 'climate resilience' fund

As part of his administration's broad effort to fight global warming, President Obama will propose in his 2015 budget a new $1 billion "climate resilience" fund, and the White House expects the proposal to gain traction despite the controversy surrounding the issue.
If it doesn't gain traction as anticipated, what difference does it make?
"The idea of a climate resilience fund is something that should be and we expect will be supported across all parts of the country ... the need to be prepared, the need to take steps that help our farmers and businesses and communities deal with the consequences from severe weather events is evident to everyone across the country," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Friday.
We used to have The Reds Cross to help with things like that. Then we had FEMA, but I think they went into the trailer bidness.
"We've always had heat waves, but now the worst ones are longer and hotter. The cold snaps are snappier, too! We've always had droughts, but the worst one are getting longer and drier. ... We're having 100-year storms that happen every year or every five years," Mr. Carney said, though he dodged questions on whether the president could establish the fund through executive action if Congress rejects it.
Somebody is catching on!
More details about the $1 billion fund will be released when the president unveils his 2015 budget next month, but administration officials are casting it as yet another piece of a bigger plan to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change.
A bigger plan. There are no limits to what can be done with Other People's Money™
Posted by:Bobby

#11  Fill a glass with ice and water. When the ice melts, does it take over the nightstand?

Extortion rackets like this have me quite pissed. Here is to another week of winter after his proposal.
Posted by: newc   2014-02-17 20:59  

#10  If anyone is interested, I have some property in Arizona for sale. It is five times market value, but with the settled science it will be ocean front in 30 years.
Posted by: G. Strait   2014-02-17 19:45  

#9  Climate change = stealing more money

Third coldest winter in history. Which will somehow be morphed into "global warming." If that doesn't work it will be transformed into "climate change" by the leftists scam artists.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-02-17 18:13  

#8  That's right Joe, and I'm hoping we'll see another one in Washington do the same thing.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-17 16:55  

#7  You don't see much of AlGore these days. That's the sign of a good con man: take the big score and split.
Posted by: regular joe   2014-02-17 16:44  

#6  LOL, icwutudidthar
Posted by: Shipman   2014-02-17 16:12  

#5  #3 A Hollywood level scripted skit is in order.

Climate Niitaka. Gora! Gora! Gora!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-02-17 16:09  

#4  Speaker boenhner is ripe to believe anything this administration says. There is a good chance congress will give them 10 billion.
Posted by: Airandee   2014-02-17 15:39  

#3  1) Desperation with such a cold winter they have to counter asap.
2) Government debt needs more money. Got to have a manufactured crisis to take over the energy sector. A Hollywood level scripted skit is in order.
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-02-17 15:25  

#2  His "campaign" will need a slogan and/or mascot if it is to catch on with the public

Remember the Maine Thermometer !

54 - 40 or Fight Ignite !

Remember Pearl Harbor New Orleans !

Posted by: Alexus Da Miller   2014-02-17 14:57  

#1  
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-17 14:53  

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