Obama Kills More Jobs

I think President Obama and Harry Reid have a contest going to see who can kill the most jobs.
in Wisconsin, there is a ferry service between Manitowoc,WI. and Ludington, MI on Lake Michigan. It's a fun trip and it saves time traveling between Wisconsin and Michigan.
Well, Obama's EPA wants to to kill the service.
From jsonline: Owners of the S.S. Badger car ferry say it's the only coal-fired steamship in operation in the United States. But, that might have to change in the near future if the ship wants to continue to operate between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc.
Environmental Protection Agency regulations will ban the Badger from dumping coal ash in Lake Michigan at the end of next year. The ship dumps the ash waste during its trips across the lake. The Badger generates nearly 4 tons of ash from 55 tons of coal per day during its five-month season.
The EPA says the water and ash mixture isn't hazardous, but the agency was ordered to regulate vessel discharge under the Clean Water Act.
WLUK-TV says the Lake Michigan Carferry Service will have to research, invent and design a new way for the Badger to operate in order to stay in business after December 2012.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/122716469.html (emphasis mine)
So, the EPA says the ash isn't hazardous but they are still going to order the shipping company to fix a non existing problem and spend millions of dollars and possibly put many people out of work for no reason.
Meanwhile, the same EPA says nothing when the Milwaukee waste water treatment plant dumps tons of pooh and other hazardous materials into Lake Michigan whenever they have a big rain storm.
I'm not sure who will put more people out of work because Reid and Obama are both professionals and they try very hard to keep people from working. But in the end, I still think Harry Reid is the champion of putting people out of work after he killed Yucca Mountain and a couple of power plants. That's hard to beat.

Here is some information about the S.S. Badger
Built: 1952-53 by Christy Corporation in Sturgeon Bay» Capacity: 620 passengers, 180 autos, tour buses, RVs, motorcycles, commercial trucks» Crew on each trip: 50-60» Engines: 2 Skinner 4-cylinder steam» Boilers: 4 burning domestic bituminous coal» Propellers: 2 cast-steel, 4-blade, 13-feet-10 inches weighing 7 tons each» Anchors: 2 weighing 7,000 pounds each» Weight: 6,550 tons» Staterooms: 40» Average speed: 18 mph (15.6 knots)
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20110527/MAN0101/105270699/Cool-wind-warm-welcome-S-S-Badger-car-ferry?odyssey=tabtopnewstextFRONTPAGE