Beware the Compromise

When something is wrong, it's wrong.

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders are scaling back plans to curb global warming and make the transition to cleaner energy in the hopes that they can get a bill passed this year.

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., announced Tuesday evening the outlines of a deal that they said would ensure the legislation will please both environmental and industry groups and have the support of moderate Democrats on the House Energy Committee.

To do so, they have lowered targets for renewable energy, will require a smaller reduction by 2020 in the emissions blamed for global warming, and will give away valuable permits to release pollution to electricity distribution companies and auto manufacturers.

"We have resolved a good number of the issues," said Waxman, who chairs the panel and has set a Memorial Day deadline for it to clear the committee. "I believe we will have the votes for passage of this bill next week."

Cap-and-Tax requires a surrender of individual freedom. Waxman may have bought off enough congressmen and their industrial supporters to get this thing through, but that doesn't mean it's going to be any better for the American people. It's the foot in the door: you either push the foot back out or you let the pushy intruder inside.

There is no compromise with evil.

UPDATE -- Chris Horner says the amazing Left and Far Left may have "compromised" with one another, but they do not yet have the votes to get their bill through the House of Representatives. Hope he's right.