The idea that the energy tax will come to rest with "polluters"--that is to say, power companies, manufacturers, agribusinesses, and so on--is absurd. The cost will be passed on to consumers...
... the National Mining Association... produced this map showing, state by state, how many millions of dollars in costs will be imposed on each state annually under the bill's allowance allocation formula.
Rick Richman at contentions:
It seems clear that, if the public knew what is in this bill, and how much it may cost them, they would concur with this analysis: it is a “disaster.” But the Democrats plan to ram it through without hearings or even public availability of the relevant text. The same legislative process that brought us trillion-dollar stimulus spending and trillion-dollar deficit budgets is about to replicate itself yet again.
Why so fast? Aside from the obvious reasons, there is a need to make room for the next bill to be railroaded through on a fast track by a one-party Congress.
Radical anti-coal activist James Hansen wrote back in Feb. that
"Coal is the single greatest threat to civilisation and all life on our planet."
I was going to say that he should come here to WV and say that, but he did. And he was arrested, shortly after his co-religionist, Daryl Hannah, dismissed our miners:
"I'd like to thank all of the miners for all of the work you've done powering America," she said. "But there is no need to destroy our planet to power our future."
Maybe she thought they would immediately turn around and go home, to sit quietly in the cold and dark and wait for a government bailout. But they didn't.
... a large crowd of miners and their families ... gathered around the stage and frequently shouted at and tried to argue with the speakers. Other miners blew air horns, revved motorcycle engines and blasted car stereos, at one point cranking up the 1984 song, "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister.
A study released by the National Black Chamber ofCommerce says that Cap and Trade will cost 2.5 million U.S. jobs by 2030 ... and reduce the GDP by $350 BILLION.
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