Salt, Chanel, and Cap-and-Trade
Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz introduces legislation to ban all salt-use in New York restaurants.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld shows his “global warming-themed” fall-winter line for Chanel.
Sens. Graham, Lieberman, and Kerry are reluctant to use the term cap-and-trade when discussing their new legislation.
1. HEALTH
Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz introduces legislation to ban all salt-use in New York restaurants.
CEI Experts Available to Comment: Policy Analyst Daniel Compton and Warren Brookes Fellow Ryan Young on why the ban is absurd.
“If I want to pile on the salt, as Mayor Bloomberg famously does, that’s my right. But I also need to be liable for the consequences. If chronic salt over-consumption gives me high blood pressure and heart trouble, that’s my fault. I should pay the cost.
2. ENVIRONMENT
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld shows his “global warming-themed” fall-winter line for Chanel.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Communications Christine Hall on the outrageous fashion statement.
“The show featured icebergs reportedly flown in from Sweden (whoa! with the carbon footprint!) and some extreme costume elements – like an antler-and-ear headdress – that would only appeal as street-wear to a Lady Gaga or Bjork. Ridiculous and unwearable? Certainly. Likely to be available for purchase in Saks Fifth Avenue? Fear not.”
3. ENVIRONMENT
Sens. Graham, Lieberman, and Kerry are reluctant to use the term cap-and-trade when discussing their new legislation.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on why their avoidance of the term does not change the substance of their legislation.
“Combining carbon taxes with cap-and-trade is hardly the bold alternative and fresh start Graham, Kerry, and Lieberman are promising. Indeed, if this is what’s on offer, it’s even more obviously a tax, and should be even easier to shoot down! The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was still Prince even before he changed his name back to Prince! And an energy tax by any other name is just as foul.”