Comments on: Pulped Intentions

By: Wohnen

Wohnen — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:13:58 +0000

Actually, I fall a little more in love with the MARKET when I hear these idiot tales of woe. For every barrier the government errects in marketplace (even the ones I semi-approve of) the crafty private sector will alway find a way to leap over, around or through it. Just ask my accountant during tax time.

By: SD Cards

SD Cards — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:13:58 +0000

By: Clarityx

Clarityx — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:56:56 +0000

Can I use this info on my blog using the direct link to your blog? Thanks in advance

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:32:51 +0000

My husband works for a paper mill takng advantage of this credit. They are NOT running at full capacity. Note the numbers in the article. The amount of the subsidy does not make up for the business losses. No one is building right now, and as silly (and likely temporary) as this subsidy is, rest assured that they are not cranking out lumber/paper products that no one is buying in order to take advantage of a tax credit that won't make up for their losses.

By: joated

joated — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:06:17 +0000

As the article says: To take advantage of the situation, the paper companies are runing at full capacity. Something that will drive the price of paper down.

Now, since the process requires freshly cut pulp timber that means more tree farms are being harvested to feed the process. And, since the process requires wood and can not be carried out using recycled paper, the price of recycling just comparitively more expensive. No wonder recyling is a losing proposition.

By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:40:38 +0000

Saturday morning links…

Sam is still a child. Lots of Sams out there these days.
I’m glad to see PC finally extending into the fungal kingdom. It’s only fair. Don’t want to be guilty of speciesism.
Krauthammer: Obama’s ultimate agenda
Whither print? Jules
Ye…

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:55:17 +0000

“Most industry leaders would like to keep a low profile on this issue. Unfortunately, we think it is a material enough issue that it will draw attention.”

One can only hope. It has, at least, been submitted to Digg.

By: uknowbetter

uknowbetter — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:11:46 +0000

Government is dumb; liberals who love big government are even dumber.

By: Joe Kristan

Joe Kristan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:13:17 +0000

It's not just the paper industry. All industries that generate stuff that can burn (think used french-fry grease) are on the bandwagon. It's what happens when the government thinks it's smarter than the market.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:50:44 +0000

By: pushmedia1

pushmedia1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:23:20 +0000

“Cynical”? I, on the other hand, fall a little more in love with the human species when I hear stories like this.

By: Cool Cal

Cool Cal — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:31:11 +0000

The “Gee Whiz” naivete in “I’ve come to expect that even nobly conceived laws will be manipulated and distorted for private ends. But once in a while I hear a story that gives me the queasy feeling that I’m nowhere near cynical enough.” leaves me at a loss. I suppose it is simply a biological impossibility for folks at The Nation to concede, even after such an epiphany, that such private manipulations of nobly conceived public policies are categorical to the nature of politics. A subsequent epiphany that such private manipulations would be rendered obsolete if there were a significantly less powerful political mechanism to be captured would require a level of deference to reality that the Nation, and certainly its readers have never entertained.

By: Paul O'Pinion

Paul O'Pinion — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:09:10 +0000

Perhaps if our very well-paid (salary and benefits) representatives thought out the bills that they “craft” for our benefit(?) the original intention of the bills would be realized. But, what with election campaigns always coming up and junkets all over the country and the world for still more research that results in clusterfucks like this, who has the time to research how the money will be spent, let alone read the damn bills?
Gosh, term limits would be great. Think it'll ever happen? Nah.