“California lawmakers approved the broadest rollback of public-employee pension benefits in the state’s history after Governor Jerry Brown and Democrats who control the Legislature struck a last-minute deal.”
Just a day ago we were reminiscing about that time former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into the law the most sweeping curbs on greenhouse gases in the country, rules that drive the federal government’s march toward a 54.5 mpg average by 2025.
When Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” was in full swing, someone published an article describing how horrible his own mansion was (partly true acccording to snopes - http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp).
That’s why I don’t listen to the following people when they preach anything: politicians, talk-show hosts, priests, anyone on TV, child rearing experts. Life is too short to feel guilty and paranoid about your pleasures especially when some fat cat is talking down to you.
I don’t find anything really wrong with saying the population as a whole should have a certain standard, but people with extraordinary means should be able to pay for extravagance, as long as they do not materially affect the overall numbers.
Isn’t that just a way to keep the masses out? Let the market decide. Taxes and carbon “credits” skew the market to keep the proles down artificially. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.