Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Cap and Trade Tax

Another great political season ended in November of 2008 and like all political seasons in recent history we were lied to again. Does anyone remember “a tax cut for 95% of Americans”? Well in all fairness, that did happen in the form of about $13 a week on our paychecks. I do not believe that money will help much when the cap and trade tax is passed. Estimates represent anywhere from $1300 to $3000 a year increases in energy costs. They do not call it a tax but what else is it? That is not accounting for inflation which will be here in a couple of years. Politicians love the cap and trade because they can claim to tax industries that pollute and fail to realize that any business who is taxed has to make up those taxes in order to be solvent, therefore you will be charged for the tax. It truly will be trickle down taxation. Jason Chaffettz, Utah Republican, House of Representatives wrote in the Washington Times the he would like to make sure utility bills would be itemized so the consumer could see how much of their bill is taxes. This would promote transparency in who exactly pays for this cap and trade. Cap and trade is pushed by global warming and Al Gore. Al Gore’s home is uses more energy than any other single family home in the state of TN and his private jet is an old jet and leaves a much larger carbon footprint than newer jets. Al Gore’s motivation is money. His net worth after his terms as Vice President was about 2 million. Today he is worth over 100 million. The evidence that we cause global warming is opinion at best and the sun is dead. Well not actually dead but the lack of sunspots indicate a possible cooling trend for our planet. So if we use cap and trade and all the science offered is correct, can we afford to drop the temperature of our planet that one half of one degree Celsius? The one half of one degree Celsius is the total benefit of a world cap and trade system. In my opinion, it’s all about the money.

Lies are tossed at us every day. Go find the truth because it’s not offered.

1 comment:

  1. I just love *sarcastically* how politicians can present the answers to our energy problems through policies and such. They show their own special interests to team with the camp of scientists who offer theories and solutions to our energy and global warming issues.

    To say that our planet is in trouble and to present ways to "fix" it is completely arrogant.
    God gave us our intelligence, but most do not acknowledge that He controls the planet.

    You are absolutely right. It is all about money. The love of money is the root of all evil.

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