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May 1, 2009 C Hatcher, Tx. writes:

Not to mention that it will also add to the inflation we have coming our way. Prices of virtually everything will increase in order to offset the increased utility costs. Transportation costs, storage and even the price of the food we eat….

May 1, 2009 David Anfinrud, Bellevue, WA writes:

You forget this is already taxed money. So we have to earn more than that listed to pay this bill.
This could cause food shortages in some parts of the country. Increase cost of energy can put some farmers out of business. The cost of producing Cattle for market will rise because many ranchers can not afford the tax per head they have to pay every year. So cattle will be sold and the following year there will be less available.
The hundreds of thousands of jobs loss to the free market will cause hardships in many other areas.
This type of bill could push us from a Recession that can recover to a decade or two long depression.
Uncontrolled immigration and growth of population in the US how do you expect to get down to CO2 production levels of 1995 when we have tens of millions in more population.
Everything is set for a perfect storm that can tear this country apart. This bill is unconstitutional. Look what it did to California who has tried it. but not to this level. It will make Michigan look like a paradise for jobs.

May 1, 2009 ozzy6900 writes:

Haven’t we been saying this all along? Doesn’t anyone listen?

May 4, 2009 Which Part Of “Tax” Don’t You Understand? « Justbkuz writes:

[...] May 4, 2009 in Who Killed John Galt | Tags: Cap and Trade, Energy, Environment, global warming, Obama The Foundry spells it out in words of one syllable:  “Cap and Trade Is a Tax: And It’s A Great Big One” [...]

May 7, 2009 The “Cap & Trade” Top Ten List | DougJumper.com writes:

[...] Source: The Heritage Foundation [...]

May 24, 2009 Bill Dornsife, Harrisburg, PA writes:

I have been listening to the House Committee markup debate on the new energy and climate control bill that is anticipated to be approved by the end of June. I was surprised to learn that there is a lengthy section in the bill that will establish a $200 to 300 billion federal program that will deal with the estimated two to three million jobs that will be lost by implementation of carbon controls. This program would pay most of the lost salaries for displaced workers, provide job training, and redistribute increased costs for the estimated $1500 to 2500 per year in increased electrical energy costs per family.
There are some disturbing facts that have not been generally included in the global climate change debate. It is an undisputed fact that water vapor is the most potent greenhouse gas, accounting for 95% of the greenhouse effects, virtually all of it from natural sources. None of the national data bases include any discussion of this dominate greenhouse gas. Taking into account the effectiveness of each contributor and including water vapor, total man caused greenhouse gas contributions add up to about 0.28% of the total greenhouse effect. Man-made CO2 contributions cause only about 0.12% of earth’s total greenhouse effect when water vapor is included, which is insignificant.
Capturing and compressing CO2 requires very energy intensive technologies and is estimated to increase the fuel needs of a coal-fired plant by 25%-40% for the same amount of energy output to consumers. This translates to about $17 billion/yr in increased energy costs to the consumer. This means that for every three coal-fired power plants of equal output that install carbon capture technologies, about one additional based load unit would be required. Coal fired power plants currently supply about 50% of our total electrical energy. The only non CO2 producing base loaded power plants are nuclear power plants. Since solar and wind technologies cannot produce continuous power, these base loaded units are absolutely critical to maintaining a reliable power grid. Replacement of the electrical energy due to this loss from carbon capture would require an additional fifty eight 1500 Mwe nuclear power plants to be built. The draft federal energy and climate bill does not even recognize nuclear as a major contributor.
In the spirit of government transparency, these facts need to be fully provided to the public and more thoroughly debated.

May 27, 2009 Bear Creek Ledger » Let’s just go European all the way and enact a Value Added Tax (VAT) writes:

[...] As much damage that the high gas prices caused in 2007 has done nothing to stop Democrats from eliminating domestic oil drilling or to develop anything other than additional taxes on energy while attempting to destroy the oil industry in the US, instead relying on unproven and weak alternatives for energy sources. The Cap and Trade bill will do nothing but tax individuals, tax companies while creating a junk trading system called Cap and Trade which inevitably will become the Democrats new Wall Street bubble. [...]

June 24, 2009 TIM, Colorado writes:

We have to take this country back! Throw these Politicians out. We Independents belong to the largest movement in America and we are sick and tired of these clowns shoving taxes and government social programs down our throats. I want to see every last one of these bums on a street corner holding a sign “will work for food”. We want them working for us not their Big Dollar political cronies. It’s becoming a dark time in America we have closed our eyes to this debacle that’s been going on for many years. Take it back before we can.

June 24, 2009 Cap, Trade, and Cover « Finding Ponies… writes:

[...] unless they’re not looking.  Or something like that.  Here’s a good resource from the Heritage Foundation as well.  Go check it [...]

June 24, 2009 Margaret Shepherd, Kentucky writes:

I have been trying to shout this from the rooftops but unless the people in DEM states raise enough stink and get their heads out of the sand it won’t help.

I’m having a tea party in Eastern Kentucky and trying to raise awareness of this issue in particular. We are on the Virginia border. This will affect both of our states in a major way. I NEED a speaker on this issue for July 3rd. Where can I find one????

July 2, 2009 lianne russell writes:

theres a new national non profit that has started up in texas..called We, The People, Are The 9-12 Association. you can find their site http://www.912membersonly.com ..they are trying to organize nationally to stop this craziness in dc…