Editorials
Climate bill should be killed
The U.S. House of Representatives could vote today on a bill that will impose huge costs on American manufacturers, drive up electricity rates and kick off a trade war with the rest of the world.
President Barack Obama has made combating global warming a major part of his domestic agenda and congressional Democrats have responded with a bill that would limit carbon emissions and create a system that would allow businesses to buy and sell carbon credits.
Democrats say the bill won’t cost jobs. In fact, they argue it will create jobs.
They know this isn’t the case because they have put into the bill measures that will impose high tariffs on goods that are imported from countries that don’t limit their carbon emissions, an acknowledgment that manufacturing will flee America to lower-cost countries if this bill passes.
Since China and India and other countries don’t seem as willing to impoverish their citizens as the United States government, their leaders have said they aren’t going to impose such strict carbon limits. They’ve also indicated they will retaliate against any American attempts to limit their goods by imposing barriers to U.S.-made goods.
The bill would also pit existing businesses, which will be given generous carbon credits to buy their silence, against new and growing businesses, which would have to buy carbon credits from those firms to thrive.
If there’s anything the American economy doesn’t need, especially in the midst of a recession, it’s more taxes and less trade. That’s especially true for the Dalton area, which relies so heavily on manufacturing for its jobs.
Congress must defeat this bill.
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Letter: Paper chose wrong picture, words
I was very disappointed with the way the paper displayed the front page story Saturday of the basketball finals.
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The time spent is worth it
Sixty-eight arrests, and possibly more, 10 law enforcement agencies and 14 months of hard work.
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Tim Rogers: Looking for the good
Good morning.
Several years ago, when I worked in Wichita, Kan., I ate lunch most days with a reporter friend who could find a conspiracy in just about any situation.
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Wanted: Jobs in private sector
13.1 percent.
That is the unemployment rate in the Dalton Metro area right now.
And the statistics don’t suggest that it will go away anytime soon.
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Citizens of the Week: Supporters of United Way and its agencies
Times are tough. Money is tight. Resources are scarce. But the people of Whitfield and Murray counties keep giving their time and money to those less fortunate.
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Root for the Lady Bruins
No matter where you live in Whitfield County or Murray County, or what team you root for, it will be cool to wear blue today.
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Reception honors Dalton schools’ time in Hamilton Street offices
Today might mark the last time Dalton Board of Education members meet at 100 S. Hamilton St.
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Tim Rogers: Hubris applies to all
There is a word that I have been thinking a lot about lately. It is hubris.
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Jean Lowrey: Play it again, Karen
A September Evening, 1990: The Dalton Education Foundation was about to launch its first Hall of Fame presentation at a November banquet. A group of local singers, under the direction of Andy Baker, gathered in the Dalton High School choral room to begin rehearsals for the upcoming event.
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Can hospital help nurse program?
If ever there was the chance for the local school districts to get creative about how they could save some money while still preserving student services, this could be it.
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Letter: Paper chose wrong picture, words
