Energy Secretary thinks you can't be trusted


Last time I checked, government was supposed to be accountable to the people, not the other way around
Here it is, an article that tells you exactly how the current administration thinks about you.

When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons.

Speaking on the sidelines of a smart grid conference in Washington, Dr. Chu said he didn’t think average folks had the know-how or will to to change their behavior enough to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

“The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is.” (In that case, the Energy Department has a few renegade teens of its own.)

The administration aims to teach them—literally. The Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on real children. Partnering with the Parent Teacher Organization, the agency earlier this month launched a cross-country tour of 6,000 schools to teach students about climate change and energy efficiency.

There it is, a Cabinet level official who thinks that you can't be trusted to make up your own mind. He thinks American adults should be treated as children who don't know what's best for them.

And he's convinced that government must use force against you.

This is energy, but there is not a single one of Obama's objectives that doesn't fit the same mold.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - September 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM  Tag


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