re: #4 Gus 802

The primary task for Obama is to right this economy. Once we are out of this recession we can proceed with implementing these regulations. I applaud the president for making this decision.

Debunking the GOP’s Dirty Air Hit List: Polluting the Air and Poisoning Our Kids Doesn’t Help the Economy or Create Jobs

For every year that these twelve clean air safeguards are blocked by Rep. Cantor and his House GOP colleagues, the harmful consequences would be:

* Up to 38,600 additional premature deaths;
* Over 19,000 more heart attacks;
* Over 205,000 additional asthma attacks;
* Over 4 million more days when Americans will miss work or school due to the health hazards of air pollution; and
* The elimination of Clean Air Act authority to reduce dangerous heat-trapping air pollution from the biggest industrial polluters.
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Both reports, and EPA’s own findings, repeatedly stress the enormous monetized benefits from the rule. These enormous health benefits will have a concrete impact on our economy through avoided hospital and doctor visits, fewer missed days of work, and healthier citizens breathing cleaner air. Taken together, these standards have a combined annual benefit of up to $420 billion every year.