Climate bill promises the farm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/us/politics/01climate.html?_r=1&ref=science

A climate bill, containing a cap-and-trade program in the US, has passed the US House of Representatives. However, (and this is a big however) the bill is largely stocked full of watered down compromises, out and out bribes in the form of "deals", and relaxed regulations from those proposed by environmentalists.

The bill is still supported by President Obama, who lobbied hard for this bill's passage, as this seems in keeping with Obama's ambitious first year of office.

I think, in a philosophical sense, our government needs to rethink business as usual. This bill is a prime example of lobbyist, interests groups, and stubborn party politics getting in the way of what most citizens and scientists consider necessary.

Maybe I'm in a particularly earnest anarchist mood tonight, but the governmental process to me seems so illogical. From a scientific background, this makes no logical sense as a way to govern. *shakes head* Just because things are the way they are doesn't mean that's the way they should be.

Do you think our government should continue business as usual?