Sam Gibbons: “my father used to tell me that ``if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'' Will our Federal Government ever get it right?…”

“my father used to tell me that ``if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'' Will our Federal Government ever get it right? Unfortunately, the Kyoto climate treaty tries not only to fix something that is not broken, it fails miserably to do what its supporters say it will do. Despite the lack of concrete scientific evidence today of the existence of global warming, this President is more than willing to put millions of American jobs at risk by signing the ill-conceived treaty. Entering into this agreement will cause unemployment to rise, prices to rise, American productivity to decline, and the American economy to be less competitive in the world market. Even the Wall Street Journal calls the Kyoto agreement the equivalent of a $100- to $200-billion-dollar-a-year tax increase. At a time when our economy is booming, interest rates are down, and more people are working than ever, it is irresponsible to jeopardize this by entering the United States into this treaty. This treaty is bad for America. It is bad for Americans.”