A Curious View Of Self-Interest

Conservatives have an inability to think long-term.  They advocate for the short-term benefit, the get-rich-quick scheme every time, even when it's against their own best interests.

President Obama just signed executive orders requiring significant reduction (not elimination) of carbon emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants.  Not immediately, but over the next 15 years.  It's about time, frankly.

Republicans reacted predictably:  they threatened lawsuits and advised states to refuse to comply with the new rule.

Republicans would rather poison the population, themselves included, and hasten the destruction of the planet than see long-suffering capitalists trim their profit margins.