[tacticalogic]

Energy Policy: The administration plans to use sleight-of-hand politics to sneak through an economy-killing tax on energy as necessary to save the Earth. Make no mistake: Cap-and-trade is a tax every American will pay in every aspect of his or her life.

Not quite. Those already living on public assistance will need to have their share paid by the rest. The taxpayers will get a double whammy, with their own household expenses going up, and their taxes to cover those same costs for the welfare state.

[rightwingcrazy]

I think this can accurately be described as a tax on productivity. It throws sand into the gears of the American Engine.

To avoid this tax, produce nothing, contribute nothing, become a parasite. Perhaps you won’t live long enough to see the long term consequences for a nation full of people acting similarly.