Cap & Trade Transparency Act


Posted by DerKrieger (Diary)

Monday, April 20th at 12:30AM EST

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With the EPA’s ruling last week regarding CO2, the odds we will get an economy killing Cap & Trade tax shoved down our throats are significantly higher. How are we to fight back against this menace? One idea I had and shared with my GOP Congressman, John Boozman (D-AR), was an amendment attached to the Waxman/Markey bill, if that’s the carbon tax vehicle of choice, requiring all businesses to add a separate line item on any bill or recipt that explicitly lists the amount of tax imposed from cap & trade. Cap & Trade is not much more than a European style VAT tax applied at every point of production and transportation and therefore should be transparent in prices. Since the Democrats are who they are they will of course oppose this idea because it exposes them, which naturally makes this a good idea. Congress should not be allowed to hide behind the companies that are forced to collect this tax on Congress’ behalf and then jump on the anti-business bandwagon when people take their anger out on their utilities, Big Oil, and everyone else with whom they do business. If htis is the path we are being forced to take, let’s at least demand we know who’s doing the driving.


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DerKrieger (Diary) Monday, April 20th at 12:32AM EST (link)

Boozman is a Republican, not a Democrat. Pardon my fat fingers.

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Got a call from Boozman's office

DerKrieger (Diary) Friday, May 1st at 6:44PM EST (link)

…this afternoon. They liked my idea about the transparency amendment, discussed it today and felt it was good enough to give me a call. Cool!

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690

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Thanks for the update. nt

redneck_hippie (Diary) Friday, May 1st at 6:54PM EST (link)
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Even if the democrats bury the cost

izoneguy (Diary) Friday, May 1st at 7:06PM EST (link)

Everyone who pays an electric & gas bill will be in for a rude awakening. And that would include almost every family, single person,
business, etc. So far from the left I keep hearing about how they are willing to “pay more taxes” when the truth is they don’t pay taxes anyway. No one will be able to run away from the cap & trade tax. Even if you shut off the breaker to your house and used no electricity you will still get taxed. This really does represent taxation without representation in it’s rawest form. A true socialist slush fund to bankroll it’s candidates. The money will never be used to develop alternative energy. I will love to see the TV ads that come out in the summer of 2010. This will bankrupt many small business’s and just put more people out of work. Is this really the change you want?

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

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The dark side...

DerKrieger (Diary) Thursday, May 7th at 9:43PM EST (link)

, of which there are many, to this for the middle class is that we will be hit with the tax part of which will be returned to the “poor” as rebates to compensate them for the added expense. THAT is how Obama and the Dems will continue to win the support of those that pay no taxes now.

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690

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Looks like the idea was picked up by the GOP

DerKrieger (Diary) Thursday, May 7th at 9:12PM EST (link)

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/05/07/support-the-cap-and-trade-tax-disclosure-act/#comment-696999

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690

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