I don't know what to say anymore. These are all schemes to make some people a ton of money - all the while, the same people, are shouting about redistribution of wealth.
The people in this case being Goldman Sachs.
"Goldman started pushing hard for cap-and-trade long ago, but things really ramped up last year when the firm spent $3.5 million to lobby climate issues. (One of their lobbyists at the time was none other than Patterson, now Treasury chief of staff.) Back in 2005, when Hank Paulson was chief of Goldman, he personally helped author the bank's environmental policy..."