George Will is a nationally syndicated propagandist. This article provides a good demonstration of his skill as a propagandist. This op-ed is ostensibly about EPA regulations that are making life difficult for electric utilities operated by Native Americans. The EPA wants them to remedy problems that arise from their use of coal to generate electricity. The plight of the Native American's, however, is not what his article is about. He probably believes that his readers might be more sympathetic to them than to the Koch brothers, Exxon and other large energy corporations who benefit from his propaganda.
It doesn't take long to figure out the real points that George Will wants to make in this op-ed. It is the story that he makes in most of his op-eds. He is against high minded progressives whose ideals inspire government to do bad things for "good" reasons. He is against government bureaucrats like those in EPA who write the progressive rules that have consequences that they do not understand. He is against government intervention into the "free market" that is controlled by large oligopolies. And, of course, he is against the Obama administration that is over-regulating the economy and destroying jobs. I doubt that George Will really cares about the Native American electric utilities. I have no doubt, however, about the real purposes of his propaganda.
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