The New "For The Children"

For many years, all a politician had to do to get votes for his favorite project was to say "It's for the children." Now they're trying to create a new watchword to ensure passage of their pet projects into law, and that's "It's for the environment," although there is no way man can control the environment, one way or the other. Dr. Walter E. Williams says, "Our buying into global warming hysteria will allow politicians to do just about anything, upon which they can muster a majority vote, in the name of fighting climate change as a means to raise taxes." And raising taxes and gaining more control over all of us is what it's all about. Make no mistake. (Professor Walter E. Williams, 10/5/07)