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US House May Pass "Cap & Trade" Bill
jamie found this roundup on the status of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, which is about to be voted on by the US House of Representatives. (The article notes that if the majority Democrats can't see the 218 votes needed for passage, they will probably put off the vote.) The AP has put together a FAQ that says, "[The bill, if passed,] fundamentally will change how we use, produce and consume energy, ending the country's love affair with big gas-guzzling cars and its insatiable appetite for cheap electricity. This bill will put smaller, more efficient cars on the road, swap smokestacks for windmills and solar panels, and transform the appliances you can buy for your home." The odds-makers are giving the bill a marginal chance of passing in the House, with tougher going expected in the Senate.
The problem of too much cheap electricity is about to be solved.
That is why they don't think the bill will pass. There HAS to be a limit to stupidity........oh hell, we ARE going to "starve and freeze".
Sure it doesn't actually produce any energy, but it doesn't produce any CO2 either!
Now to sit back, get my pollution permits, resell them and profit!
In 2008 Americans voted "Yes (we can!)" to all of the above.
While they are promising stuff that will never happen, I want my flying car and monkeyman!
This can't be true. Obama promised that taxes would not go up for 95% of Americans.
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
You're right. This bill should really be called "A Tax Increase For All Americans." The estimated tax revenue the government expects to extract from the population from the passage of this bill is huge.
NO NO NO! We have nothing to worry about!!
"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes...you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime."
--Barack Obama
Dover NH, Sept 12, 2008
See, the leader has spoken. There will be no tax increase for those of us making under $250,000/yr
(If I need a sarc tag, you need to go to another site)
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Obama promised that taxes would not go up for 95% of Americans.
Congratulations. You are no longer an American, but a Citizen Of The World (tm).
Here's you new tax bill.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Sir:
Responsible energy use is [...] a tax on the current generation. [...blah blah blah something about "hidden costs" and "the future" and people who aren't me, way to go, college boy, now come help ME blah blah blah...]
See? SEE??!? It means WE have to pay money to the government! WE! US! MONEY! Why do you not understand how short-sightedness works? Why do you hate freedom?
Yeah, and Obama's team (hockey, basketball or what, no one knows)
I'm reasonably sure it's not a hockey team...
He told the truth. Taxes will go up for 100% of Americans.
get us out of the need for owing a call all together?
Hear, hear.
I, for one, lose sleep at night knowing I owe a call.