Affordable Energy; a Clean Environment for our Children

All Americans agree that a clean and unpolluted environment is an important treasure to pass on to future generations, but we also agree that affordable and reliable energy is a vital component of job creation and economic prosperity. While my opponent and other big government supporters think the best solution to address pollution is to limit Americans’ use of energy through increased regulation and less competition, I think there’s a better way.

By improving the investment climate for new technologies and production of cleaner energy, we can innovate our way to a cleaner future. Irresponsible policies like Cap and Trade will only serve to drive economic productivity overseas to countries like China, which will not only harm America’s competitive edge, it will also actually result in more global pollution because of the complete lack of environmental responsibility in these countries.

There is no problem that cannot be solved by American ingenuity. The best solution to our long term problems is an immediate change to our treatment of productive capital to one that rewards investment, hard work, and productivity, instead of discouraging them.