In 2009, they worked to defeat climate-change legislation by relying on anti-regulation rhetoric that demonized their own creation. This left only less market-friendly alternatives – especially after court cases upheld the validity of the 1970 Clean Air Act.
但如今共和党政治家们似乎忘记了自己曾有这么一个政策。为了抵制2009年的气候变化立法，他们转而用反管制言论去把自身的产物妖魔化了。结果就只剩下不那么市场化的备选方案——尤其是在相关诉讼维持了1970年洁净空气法案的法律效力之后。虽然这些备选方案效率不高，却依然占据主流地位。