Krugman Calls Republicans the Party of Pollution

As reported by the Times, Paul Krugman assesses the Republican agenda on pollution.

Given the premises he outlines, we believe it is forbidden by the Torah to vote for Republicans, since the outcome would be more pollution and subsequent sicknesses leading to death.

Krugman describes part of the problem as follows:

So what is the G.O.P. jobs plan? The answer, in large part, is to allow more pollution. So what you need to know is that weakening environmental regulations would do little to create jobs and would make us both poorer and sicker.