Cap Taxes, Trade Congress

The American Thinker ^ | July 07, 2009 | Kyle-Anne Shiver

[Scanian]

I'm all for cap ‘n trade; it's a nifty idea. Simply splendid. Positively stupendous. Brilliant beyond brilliant.

I just have a different take on the whole notion. I prefer very stringent caps on taxes and spending, coupled with a 2010 trade-in of the entire U.S. Congress.

What in holy tarnation do those people think they're getting paid to do?

While these Roman throwbacks attempt to save the planet, pagan style, so they can set up their Darwinian nirvana on earth, the rest of us have enough sense not to try to make the state our church.

While we, in the other America, use reason to guide our decisions, Nancy Pelosi actually seems to think she's the reincarnation of some pagan goddess on a mission to save the planet. She's in the service of a president she says was sent to us at this time by God, a god who she apparently likens to Zeus. If she were referring to the real, one, eternal, all-powerful God, she would know that stealing the liberties of Americans under utterly false pretences are two of the real God's Big No-nos, and would have enough fear and trembling to stay clear of this pure abomination: Waxman-Markey.

But no, no, no, Imperious Nancy serves the climate gods and their chief priest, Al Gore.

Shortly after she took over as Speaker of the House, Imperious Nancy presided over passage of an energy bill, that was itself pure abomination. Tucked into the fine print was the liberty-stealing tribute to the climate gods, the phasing out of the 125 year-old incandescent light bulb. This little tidbit from the Business and Media Institute's analysis:

The Financial Post reported in April that a broken CFL bulb cost a Maine woman more than $2,000 to clean

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

Would someone please point out the biggest downside of Obama's Cap and Trade policy - the birth of the new enormous agency that will be needed to administer the program and the hiring of many thousands of (till-death-do-us-part) federal, state and local employees.

Yes, businesses will pay trillions in "fees" (taxes). Yes, those costs will be passed on to consumers resulting in huge increases on everything from utilities to a carton of milk. Yes, many people will get those compassionate rebates from the government to help offset the rise in costs. Yes, alternative energy companies will make tons of money from "forced-cooperation" contracts (er, Al Gore).

But, the whole thing boils down to running a dollar through Washington and having 60 cents of it stick right there in Washington, to be spent at the discretion of the libs. It's easy to be 'compassionate" when other people are paying for it!

[steelyourfaith]

knee-CAP'd & b'TRADE !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Vaduz]

I prefer very stringent caps on taxes and spending, coupled with a 2010 trade-in of the entire U.S. Congress.Only if people get out and vote remember ACORN is still on the job 24/7/365.

[EmilyGeiger]

reported in April that a broken CFL bulb cost a Maine woman more than $2,000 to clean when the state Department of Environmental Protection referred her to a cleanup company. My husband bought some of these stupid bulbs at Lowe's and put them in one of our bathrooms. Within one day 2 of them had gone out! I prefer the old lightbulbs, the lighting is so much better. I hate all of this green stuff. I'm all for being a good steward of resources, but these idiots are pushing it way too far.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I like the Tony Soprano version. It’s the same bumper sticker with a red line through the words “Taxes and Trade”.

[DNME]

The Kenyan Usurper is bad but the Congress that enables him is much, much worse. They’re the ones that put unread “hurry up” abominations across his desk to sign, which he gleefully does.

Trade in Congress.

ALL OF THEM ... OUT!