Candidate Obama famously promised a tax cut for 95% of the people. But President Obama is pushing a plan with the devious name of Cap and Trade which even he has acknowledged would mean increased energy costs.
Cap and Trade is a tax on carbon emissions. Everyone including The One knows that energy producers will have to pass this tax on to consumers in order to stay in business. On November 3, 2008, while campaigning in Iowa, he said, “Power plants are going to have to adjust how they generate power. They will pass those costs on to consumers…”
Not only does everyone use electricity, heat and/or air-conditioning, but the price of everything we buy includes an energy component for mining, farming, manufacturing and transportation.
Query: if a law raises taxes on energy producers that inevitably must be passed on to consumers, isn’t that the same as a tax on 100% of consumers? Democrat Rep. John Dingell said, “Cap and Trade is a tax and a big one.”
And for what? Over 700 scientists worldwide have now added their names to a document expressing skepticism about anthropogenic (man made) global warming. That is 13 times the number who signed on to the media-hyped IPCC 2007 “Summary for Policy Makers.”
UK Lord Christopher Monckton, former science advisor to Margaret Thatcher, was just advised, after his arrival in the US to testify at a Congressional hearing alongside the eminent climatologist Al Gore, that he would not be allowed to do so.
If the Chicken Littles are so sure of their science, why do they silence dissent? Why have they dropped the Global Warming lingo in favor of the new mantra, “climate change.” It might have something to do with an April 2008 report by the dependably pro-global warming BBC. It revealed that Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization admitted, “…temperatures have not risen globally since 1998…”
Big-government proponents are always looking for new crises to scare us into surrendering more of our money and freedom to them. During the 20th century they had plenty: two world wars and a depression. Then came the Cold War and the fear of a nuclear conflagration. But after the fall of the USSR and the emergence of the US as the sole super-power, they needed something new. Hello global warming……er, climate change……oh, whatever.
2 comments:
You nailed it Lou. And of course, this will be presented in the same manner as the TARP and Porkulus bills...things are so dire that we cannot delay and must pass them immediately. Without discussion. So much for transparency with this administration. We are only allowed to hear from the high priest of climate change!
Poolboy Ray
Well put Dad. My neighbor told me she is really happy with Obama and what he was doing. I kept my mouth shut. I would have liked to ask her what specifically she is happy with? It appears more Dems love the image but are out of touch with what is really happening.
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