Guess Who Supports More Asthma for Kids

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Guess Who Supports More Asthma for Kids

by Steven D
Sat Jun 11th, 2011 at 02:34:42 PM EST


Actually, you already know the answer if you read this site. It's the REPUBLICANS. And I bet you can already guess why they think stricter clean air standards to help prevent (or at least lessen the impact of) childhood asthma. It starts with a B and ends with an S and yes, it is a BS reason for why we should put up with dirtier air and why kids or adults should suffer life altering consequences as a result:

Summer air pollution could trigger more asthma attacks for children who live in industrial cities, and the Environmental Protection Agency would like stricter rules to cut smog.

"Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and is responsible for a large amount of health care expenditures and lost school days," testified James Ginda, a respiratory therapist from Rhode Island.

Patty Resnik, the corporate director at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, said the economic costs of asthma ranged from $12.7 billion to $19.7 billion a year. She said studies showed that this comprised medical costs as well as missed days of work for parents of asthmatic children. <...>

Republican senators agreed {with economist Margo Thorning of the pro-business "think tank" American Council for Capital Formation} that the costs of reducing air pollution further would be too high. <...>

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said he had "absolutely no confidence in the science coming out of the EPA." Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said there was no question that everyone supported the well-being of children, but President Barack Obama's administration had encouraged an "aggressive regulatory regime," he said.

"It's designed to make the energy we use more expensive," he said.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/06/08/115486/pollution-worsens-kids-asthma.html#ixzz1OyzVWugv

Yes, James Inhofe, the man who claims climate change is the greatest hoax ever in the history of the world, and the recipient of over $600,000 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry between 2000 and 2008, supports the well-being of your kids. He just happens to support the well being of Big Oil a whole lot more. The same can be said for David "God has forgiven me for my sex scandal" David Vitter, who received over $538,000 from Big Oil between 2005 and 2010. If I were the Senators owned by Big Oil I'd probably say what they said as well.

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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/6/11/133513/474

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