The “Flexible” (and Capricious) Ways of EPA Admin. McCarthy
It used to be that the law (and regulations, which are based on and have the power of law) were "blind" and not a respecter of men nor companies. The law was designed to apply to all equally and without exception. But when you have a law-breaker--someone who flouts the law--as your president, you then get a situation where the law is twisted to the political whims of those in power. Don't like a particular law because you oppose it? No problem--just ignore it and don't enforce it. Don't like the political blow back of enforcing laws and regulations you yourself passed? No problem--just be "flexible" with how you implement said law or regulation.
The latest "flexible" Obama official is none other than newly minted EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, who is signaling she won't enforce the draconian carbon regulations her agency recently established that are designed to kill coal. Instead of killing coal all at once, she'll toy with it, like a cat with mouse...
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