Now that the Michael Jackson funeral circus is over, maybe now the news media will do their job in telling you about a new scheme the Democratic Congress wants to impose on us. The House of Representatives already passed it. The Senate is about to vote on it. The president already has said he wants to sign it into law. And Americans who know about it are holding their breath.
The name of this monstrosity is "cap and trade." What is it? Basically, it is a massive tax on energy. It will not make a big, noticeable impact on the environment. The main idea is to cut back on our output of greenhouse gases and global warming. They don't tell you the facts and figures they use to justify their conclusions are from the 1980s and 1990s. Jobs will be killed in America and sent to countries like India and China that won't be limited by cap and trade. President Obama agrees it will cause electricity bills to skyrocket and gasoline prices to double or triple. We do remember when gas prices were at $4 a gallon. Politicians in both parties were tripping over themselves to find out why prices were so high. One year later, the Democrats are pushing through legislation that will cause them to go back up with cap and trade.
Cap and trade will make you choose between staying warm in winter or having enough food for your families. Senior citizens, the poor, and the unemployed will be hurt the worst. It will cost American families an average of $3,000 a year more in taxes. If this wasn't bad enough, fraud and corruption would be hard to detect and control. Contact your senator and let them know. Congressional arm-twisting and lobbyists did not put them in office, you did. Remind them of that fact. Don't let Congress pass laws based on junk science. And tell them to vote "no" on cap and trade.
The name of this monstrosity is "cap and trade." What is it? Basically, it is a massive tax on energy. It will not make a big, noticeable impact on the environment. The main idea is to cut back on our output of greenhouse gases and global warming. They don't tell you the facts and figures they use to justify their conclusions are from the 1980s and 1990s. Jobs will be killed in America and sent to countries like India and China that won't be limited by cap and trade. President Obama agrees it will cause electricity bills to skyrocket and gasoline prices to double or triple. We do remember when gas prices were at $4 a gallon. Politicians in both parties were tripping over themselves to find out why prices were so high. One year later, the Democrats are pushing through legislation that will cause them to go back up with cap and trade.
Cap and trade will make you choose between staying warm in winter or having enough food for your families. Senior citizens, the poor, and the unemployed will be hurt the worst. It will cost American families an average of $3,000 a year more in taxes. If this wasn't bad enough, fraud and corruption would be hard to detect and control. Contact your senator and let them know. Congressional arm-twisting and lobbyists did not put them in office, you did. Remind them of that fact. Don't let Congress pass laws based on junk science. And tell them to vote "no" on cap and trade.
