The economic cost of the cap and trade policies are incredibly high. They address a problem that isn't well understood -- not whether the earth is warming, but whether mankind has an impact on that, and whether that impact is related to CO2 emissions. It has unfortunately become a religious argument -- a process best identified by the late author and anthropologist Michael Crichton.
That the cost in jobs, in progress and in economic output is real and tangible is discounted by the religious environmentalists, a flaw painfully apparent when the counter is "so you're opposed to saving the planet." Millions of jobs, an already unstable economy pushed over the brink, and a budget so out of control that it's nearly a work of fiction.
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Any candidate who is for cap and trade I will NEVER EVER vote for, and neither should you. These taxes don't fall on the rich, they fall on the poor, who can least afford them! You think the poor want increased electric bills by hundreds of dollars a year, not to mention huge job loss? This is one of the dumbest bills of all time.
ace8842 2 years ago
Excellent points. Our sense is the bill isn't dumb - it's downright dangerous, and potentially deadly to American primacy in economic circles.
EconMilitia 2 years ago