Environmentalism Will Put Us “Peons” In The Poor House

It seems all I’ve done today is read about everything that we once said could never happen in America, happening! God, I hope it ends soon.

I’m not going to elaborate on this article, only to say it is worth the read, if you have an open mind. It’s another, “It will never happen in America” moment but it is reality – the direction our country is headed.

From Forbes.com by Joel Kotkin.

It is critical to understand that anti-growth politics diverges from the old conservationist ethos in radical ways. No longer is it enough to talk about growing intelligently or using technology to meet long-term problems. Instead, scarcity politics seeks to slow and even reverse material progress through what President Obama’s science adviser, John Holdren, calls “de-development.”

“De-development”–that is, the retreat from economic growth–includes some sensible notions about conservation but takes them to unreasonable, socially devastating and politically unpalatable extremes. The agenda, for example, includes an opposition to population growth, limits on material consumption and a radical redistribution of wealth both nationally and to the developing world.

Tom Remington