Hi,
Cap and trade bills are all over the news. Believe me when I say there are no baseball CAPS or sport player TRADES within them. Too bad because they not only contain what they set out to do but lots of sneaky "add taxes" to paragraphs as well.
Like I said before. Stop the Congress from sneaking things into bills that don't belong there. If it's a tax on environment, it's a tax and should be part of a tax bill. BUT THAT WOULD PRODUCE HONEST POLITICIANS and they're becoming so rare that we might need a CAP and TRADE BILL to preserve them.
Cap and trade is called "a market based approach to pollution reductions and environmental protection" (LYING IS A POLLUTION OF THE TRUTH). The CAP is a legal limit and TRADE means that those regulated can buy, sell, or trade one unit of pollution. The theory behind this bill was a good one (I think) but the reality is a nightmare for everyone in their right mind.
Hustle along to that counter and order a unit while it's available!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now if that last means nothing to you, think nothing of it, because all that is needed to know is that THE BILL reduces emissions cost effectively. IT SAYS SO RIGHT THERE!!!!!!
HOW????????????Well, now that's a horse of a different color. To keep big industries GREEN, they are given a pollution limit and then if they go beyond that, they can buy some pollution permits and if they don't actually MAKE ENOUGH POLLUTION to use all their permits, they can sell them to another company and encourage them TO MAKE ENOUGH POLLUTION to use up the permits. And this reduces Pollution?????????????
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE WAY OUR LAWMAKER'S MINDS WORK. College has helped our intellectuals to find complicated ways to say NO or YES to any subject. Also this will supposedly keep our country from being dependant on foreign energy sources in the future. You don't understand that either. Think nothing of it; it means relatively nothing either.
You see if it is convoluted and confusing, you might not notice that it is actually a TAX BILL that is not called a tax bill that taxes everyone including Mr. John Q. Public. Of course, the Politicos are doing something GOOD (ALWAYS LOOK UNDER THE BED WHEN A POLITICO TELLS YOU THIS) by reducing emissions!!!!!!!!!!!!
But we just saw that the Politcos are SELLING POLLUTION to businesses by not allowing them to produce POLLUTION without permits. This will naturally raise the consumer's prices but what the hay, we'll all be poor soon anyway and won't be able to afford whatever we thought we needed.
As far as direct taxes on the citizenry, you only have to pay those if you use energy like gasoline, electricity for cooling or heating, or hot water without bringing your energy conservation up to code. The cost for the individual is now currently conservatively estimated TO BE FROM $680. to over $6000. for bringing a home only to current standards. If you own an older car or a gas guzzler, enjoy the new costs. Actually just like the health bill our knowledgeable CONGRESS has no idea what A LOAF OF BREAD costs these days, LET ALONE WHAT THE RESULTS OF THEIR LEGISLATION WILL COST!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's face it, this is an ECONOMY WIDE TAX faking it as a SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT plan that is being billed as the " best political money maker since the income tax to redistribute wealth and income". Except the way it is planned, it takes FROM THE MIDDLE class; GIVES to the "GREEN TECH" investors who can manage the Politicians. Some politicians have suggested that this may well bring in enough revenue for all the social legislation which is CERTAINLY GOOD TO HEAR since we are going to need it!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'll find an email site at the bottom of this blog on which you can read about bringing your home up to environmental standards and other parts of the current legislation.
Now I want to make my position perfectly clear. I worked for the environment in my thirties along with friends who became prominent in the field. I had a relative employed to preserve the environment and we often worked together. I probably have done quietly more than most folks to preserve what I love most and am still doing my part today with lots of greenery to help create good air, a vegetable garden, driving my car very little, all to help preserve resources as well as utilizing all I learned back then. BUT AT NO TIME DID I envision it becoming a political football to punish our citizens.
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f14/cap-and-trade-license-required-your-home-44750/
There are a lot of sites covering this but most of the American public don't have a clue about what a CAP AND TRADE bill entails. Pass the word along. It may be too late to stop the Senate approval but it is still possible. Where was the tea party on this one??????????????
cheers, Connie
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