High taxes and steep housing costs have been forcing middle class Americans out of New Jersey for years. Now President-elect Barack Obama has nominated New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection commissioner Lisa Jackson to head the federal Environmental Protection Agency. On Monday, New Jersey’s DEP unveiled a global warming plan that was developed by Jackson. It is filled with public policies that will only further harm the middle class: Prohibit construction new coal-fired power plants. – ‘Clean’ energies like wind and solar account for less than 2% of U.S. energy …
