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I am focusing on the Republicans that voted for this tax bill. Yes, it’s a tax bill. Mark my words. If it gets passed it will increase our energy costs. Let’s not forget it will kill jobs. Trust me. It will. Do your homework. Spain tried it and it failed.
Anyway, The Dems don’t surprise me for voting for a bill that will screw their constituents but make them very wealthy because they are invested in this crap.
The Republicans I had some hope for. But here you go. Here’s 8 that stink and because of them this crap passed. Thank God for Tom Price. My Rep. voted NO.
If any of these clowns represent you, I sure hope you let them know that their job is on the line.
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Call them and tell them what you think.
Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330
Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165
Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385
Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361
LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572
McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611
Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761
Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765
Call your Senators NOW! This cannot pass the Senate.
What will happen if this is passed?
The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill
Testimony
Testimony before the Senate Republican Conference
June 22, 2009
. . .It is clear that cap-and-trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. After all, when you sweep aside all the complexities of how cap and trade operates--and make no mistake, this is the most convoluted attempt at economic central planning this nation has ever attempted--the bottom line is that cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it. Inflicting economic pain is what this is all about. That is how the ever-tightening emissions targets will be met.
The only entities directly regulated by Waxman-Markey would be the electric utilities, oil refiners, natural gas producers, and some manufacturers that produce energy on site. So, the good news for the rest of us--homeowners, car owners, small-business owners, farmers--is that we won't be directly regulated under this bill. The bad news is that nearly all the costs will get passed on to us anyway.
What are those costs? According to the analysis we conducted at The Heritage Foundation, which is attached to my written statement, the higher energy costs kick in as soon as the bill's provisions take effect in 2012. For a household of four, energy costs go up $436 that year, and they eventually reach $1,241 in 2035 and average $829 annually over that span. Electricity costs go up 90 percent by 2035, gasoline by 58 percent, and natural gas by 55 percent by 2035. The cumulative higher energy costs for a family of four by then will be nearly $20,000. . .
4 comments:
According to Blogger help folks, all you had to remove was your followers widget. In fact, they say if you simply move it down the page that will fix it. I was tired of losing readers, so I removed mine totally.
We had a representative in western PA who was a first term rep. His name was Ron Klink, a former TV personality.
He was the last Democrat to vote for NAFTA even though his constituents, including me, contacted him to vote NO. He followed the party line instead what we wanted. He was a one term representative. But NAFTA passed and that huge sucking sound was indeed the jobs leaving as predicted by Ross Perot.
This debacle will cost jobs and lots of money for utilities. I did write to my rep and senators.
my rep voted NO also - it seems something sneaky is just going on behind closes doors and all those politicians have lost their sense of reality~!~ makes me sick!
Thanks for posting this Deb! I am in the process of reading this & am on page 140. You're right - this will cost jobs & raise our energy costs, which means the cost on everything else will go up too. This thing has incentives to establish a plug-in electric car infrastructure as well as incentives to make the cars nobody wants, plug-in electric cars. Not practical for anything except short hops around town, & I don't the 10's of thousands of dollars to spend on a car for just around town. It also makes it illegal for a car dealership to resell a trade-in if the car gets less than 18 mpg. They have to certify it destroyed. Small independent car lots? Pretty much gone if this passes, & that's just the start. Right at a time when many are unemployed & can't afford things now.
I will do a post in my blog before I finish it though, & would like to link to your post. I think whether or not these eight RINO's are our reps or not, I think they need to hear from all of us. If these 8 Democrat-lites hadn't voted for it, wouldn't have passed.
Thankfully, my representative voted no too! There are a few up there left with some backbone.
Dirk
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