June 25, 2009
GUEST COMMENTARY: Cap and Trade Floor Vote Friday
Tell Your Legislators You Want Them to Vote 'No'
By Alice Click
Waxman-Markey’s Cap and Trade is a plan that shoots us in the foot. We can’t afford this bill, especially when it means nothing in return. Please call your legislators now -- especially Congressman Nick J. Rahall.
An Analysis conducted by Charles River Associates in 2007 (link: http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/research-cap-and-trade-legislation-could-cost-3-million-jobs) estimated anywhere from 1.2 million to 2.3 million jobs would be lost under a cap and trade scheme.
By now you’ve probably heard that leaders in the House have cobbled together enough compromises late Monday night, June 22 to get the dreaded “Cap and Trade” bill to the floor this Friday, June 26, 2009. More accurately referred to as “Cap and Tax,” the Waxman-Markey climate legislation is an enormous energy tax that would deal a severe blow to our already shaky economy.
Call (866) 928-3035 for the House switchboard where you can be transferred to Representative Nick Rahall’s office. Try (866) 928-0525 if you get a busy signal.
The effects of the Waxman-Markey legislation would have on our economy and way of life are devastating, according to the Freedomworks chairperson, Dick Armey.
At the same time many are losing jobs and struggling to get by on less, the Cap and Trade plan would raise energy rates across the board. That means sky-high electricity rates, and more pain at the pump. The CBO has estimated the bill could mean another 77 cents per gallon of gasoline. Higher electricity and fuel prices add to the over-all cost of everything, like food from farms where growers depend on fertilizers, tractors, and transportation. It’s one thing to conserve, but getting to work for the millions who don’t live near public transportation, and lighting and heating our homes are essentials people can’t avoid.
Independent estimates say that families could pay $3,000 more a year on energy and the entire plan would take $2 trillion from our economy in just over eight years. Numbers like these come at a very real cost, not just in terms of your wallet but in terms of the many, many jobs this legislation gambles with.
Alice Click lives in Mt. Alto, WV
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Cap and Trade Floor Vote Friday
Tell Your Legislators You Want Them to Vote 'No'
By Alice Click
Waxman-Markey’s Cap and Trade is a plan that shoots us in the foot. We can’t afford this bill, especially when it means nothing in return. Please call your legislators now -- especially Congressman Nick J. Rahall.
An Analysis conducted by Charles River Associates in 2007 (link: http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/research-cap-and-trade-legislation-could-cost-3-million-jobs) estimated anywhere from 1.2 million to 2.3 million jobs would be lost under a cap and trade scheme.
By now you’ve probably heard that leaders in the House have cobbled together enough compromises late Monday night, June 22 to get the dreaded “Cap and Trade” bill to the floor this Friday, June 26, 2009. More accurately referred to as “Cap and Tax,” the Waxman-Markey climate legislation is an enormous energy tax that would deal a severe blow to our already shaky economy.
Call (866) 928-3035 for the House switchboard where you can be transferred to Representative Nick Rahall’s office. Try (866) 928-0525 if you get a busy signal.
The effects of the Waxman-Markey legislation would have on our economy and way of life are devastating, according to the Freedomworks chairperson, Dick Armey.
At the same time many are losing jobs and struggling to get by on less, the Cap and Trade plan would raise energy rates across the board. That means sky-high electricity rates, and more pain at the pump. The CBO has estimated the bill could mean another 77 cents per gallon of gasoline. Higher electricity and fuel prices add to the over-all cost of everything, like food from farms where growers depend on fertilizers, tractors, and transportation. It’s one thing to conserve, but getting to work for the millions who don’t live near public transportation, and lighting and heating our homes are essentials people can’t avoid.
Independent estimates say that families could pay $3,000 more a year on energy and the entire plan would take $2 trillion from our economy in just over eight years. Numbers like these come at a very real cost, not just in terms of your wallet but in terms of the many, many jobs this legislation gambles with.
Alice Click lives in Mt. Alto, WV
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