Moreover, it is economic growth that has provided the resources enabling us to dramatically reduce pollution and improve the environment, without trashing our standard of living.

FORBES: Economic Growth, Not Redistribution, Most Benefits The Poor, Working People, And The Middle Class

Some will no doubt benefit in the near term, but the removal of limited capital from the productive parts of the economy will ultimately reduce our standard of living, drive up unemployment and make individuals more--as opposed to less--needful of charity.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Ergo, goes the theory, it must be cause and effect and ergo, ergo we must take draconian measures to reduce the emissions, even if that means sharply cutting our standard of living and massively increasing bureaucratic controls over our lives.

FORBES: Soviet Unionism

Whereas most would think that universal guarantees to a minimum standard of living reduce incentives to work and innovate, Obama believes they give the down-and-out the incentive to build business and employ people.

FORBES: We must force renewable energy