Yes .. you read that headline correctly.  I’m about to say something positive about Barack Obummer. 

Last week, Barack Obama put a stop to pending EPA smog regulations.  The regulations were supposed to impose further controls on air-quality standards, and it would have added anywhere from $19 billion to $90 billion to the cost of doing business. 

There were also concerns that at least nine power generating plants in our country would be completely unable to meet the new standards and would have to shut down.  This would have put a strain on power generation that might have cause brownouts and shortages.  Not exactly good for business expansion in the affected areas.

The environmentalists are screaming bloody murder.  To be expected.  Remember, for the bulk of these people their main concern is not so much clean air as it is slowing down our capitalist free-enterprise marketplace. 

And you wonder why businesses are concerned … when they are awaiting billions of dollars in new regulations like this one, along with impending tax increases on high achievers and new ObamaCare regulations set to take effect as of 2014?  So kudos to Barack Obama for stepping in to stop the EPA from implementing this costly regulation.  Now I would like him to explain the other 340 new regulations that his administration has proposed since the beginning of this year, which are estimated to cost at least $65 billion.  But hey .. gotta start somewhere, right?

Side note .. I have been actively trying to come up with a list of other good things that Barack Obama has accomplished during his presidency.  Honestly .. it is pretty durn difficult.  I’m sure I have some prob or lib readers who can email me some suggestions of what should be added to this list.