Green the Capitol Initiative

The "Green the Capitol" initiative is a program in the House of Representatives under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi to make the capitol the first carbon neutral legislating body in the world. The link at the bottom of this blog connects to a great article by Mark Hemingway from National Review on the why the initiative is a bad example to go by. In short, not everyone can have an everlasting supply of money to do what they want whenever they want to. In essence, going "green" is expensive and the initiative uses more and more taxpayer money each year. I think taxpayer money could be used for other things such as education, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, national defense, and a whole host of other issues. I think a good idea would be to invest that $20 million used in 2008 and create an education program. One area in which most people in the United States need to be educated is the reality of where their food comes from and the impact of making poor daily dietary choices on themselves but also on the environment and the economy. Maybe it would be a good idea to spend that money to educate and better the citizenry of our country at the core rather than hoping that people will follow an expensive example.

Here's the article: "Greening the Capitol"