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Distorting Costs and Benefits in Climate Legislation

Posted on June 25, 2009

While I am always interested in Jim Manzi's perspective, I feel his most recent post ( Dear Member of Congress: Why You Should Vote Against Waxman-Markey ) gets things dead wrong. Although much of his piece is open to debate, I wanted to focus on his analysis of costs vs. benefits in the Waxman-Markey climate bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). It's useful to understand the context of the various numbers getting tossed about, and vital to focus on the benefits of ACES as well as associated costs.Manzi's piece outlines a number of reasons why ACES i...

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