You’d think that Leftists, Democrats, and the global warming crowd would be celebrating the Senate passage of the ludicrously named “Inflation Reduction Act,” which as we’ve discussed at RedState will probably increase inflation and will fund 87,000 new IRS agents just to hassle you.
Some are not content to celebrate, but they want more. Los Angeles Times once great is calling for President Joe Biden’s declaration of a Climate Emergency and the use of executive powers and regulatory shenanigans, to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Predictably, they don’t say, switch to What exactly.
Not only are we already in a monkeypox emergency, but also an ongoing COVID emergency. Almost makes you scared to get out of bed in the morning.
As Bono sings in U2’s classic, Without or with You, “you give it all, but I want more.” The LA Times editorial board agrees, writing in a Friday opinion piece:
With more congressional action looking increasingly likely [the Inflation Reduction Act], will Biden’s promise to confront the climate crisis with presidential proclamations, executive orders and regulatory power go unfulfilled?…
Let’s hope not…
Biden has to fulfill his pledge because we face a dire threat. To protect Americans from climate-fueled catastrophes, increase renewable energy, and switch away from fossil fuels, Biden must make use of every legal and executive power. Declaring a national emergency will allow him to access additional resources and tools.
It is not clear that that type of leadership was the vision of the Founders when they wrote the Constitution. According to my understanding, we had two branches: a legislative and one executive.
— first_of_his_name (@pgb2998) August 8, 2022
Is it just me, or does it feel like we’re living in a banana republic? We’ve got a politicized justice system that conducts dawn raids on elderly opponents of the administration for process crimes, an IRS that once targeted conservative organizations and is about to get much more funding, a pliant, one-sided press that acts as a cheerleading group for the Democrat Party, and a president who openly says if Congress doesn’t enact his bills he’ll simply enforce his will in other ways.
Four years ago, Democrats and media tried to convince us that Donald Trump is a fascist dictator. But he didn’t speak like this and never acted as dictatorial or dictatorial as Biden. Yet the LA Times thinks Biden should behave as if we’re at war:
More important than the symbolic power of a presidential proclamation is whether Biden uses that emergency status to marshal new resources and effect real change…
A declaration of emergency could, for example. Unlock additional funding For climate resilience projects, the Pentagon Long-standing identification climate change as a threat to national security. The Stafford Act governs disaster relief and preparedness. Biden could order the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create climate-ready infrastructure for low-income communities of colour that have been most affected by natural disasters. The president could use his executive authority to accelerate renewable energy projects and manufacturing of electric vehicles and appliances, or go bolder and use it to restore a ban on crude oil exports and stop investment in fossil fuel projects abroad.
Forget earning votes at the ballot box to effect change—just issue executive orders. They’re saying, “Sure, voters don’t support a Green New Deal, but go ahead and do it anyway.”
I believe the LA Times openly encourages the president do what they fear in Trump’s era. Namely, ignore the Constitution, assume powers you don’t have, and rule with an iron fist regardless of the will of the people. The Times, like so many of our nation’s newspapers, long ago lost any real credibility because of its biased reporting, but this is a new low—even for them.
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