Commentary
This column is partly a mea culpa. I admit it. I was wrong. I bought Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s (and to a lesser extent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s) lies for the past 12 months. He said spending was out of control and this was causing inflation. He said he would protect the oil, gas, and coal industry from the climate change crazies in his own party.
Many of my colleagues warned me that you can’t take Manchin seriously. He will break your heart.
Alas, he did.
He has renounced everything he has said about Build Back Better. But one reason I thought he would block this horrific $700 billion tax and spend Inflation Acceleration Act is that the biggest loser state by far would be West Virginia. That’s where so much of our coal and natural gas comes from. Here’s a fine analysis by the folks at the Institute for Energy Research:…