Jul 19 2009
How Cap and Trade Will Hurt the Carolinas
As you may remember, the Waxman-Markey bill, otherwise known as Cap and Trade or Tax and Trade or Cap and Fraud or one of its many aliases, passed the House by a narrow margin just a few weeks ago. It still has to make it through the Senate and the Senate leadership has signaled that it will more than likely be dead on arrival. However, don’t fall a sleep just yet. It could still become reality and you ought to know how it will affect you.
This Web site has some interesting projections and breaks them down state by state. Some points of consideration are that if you live in either of the Carolinas you can expect gas prices to inflate to $4.00 per gallon, spend an extra $1200 a year on your energy bills, and roughly 2.7 million net jobs lost annually.
That is just a brief overview. I recommend you take a look at both analyses:
And don’t forget who in Congress voted to support their radical party leadership rather than your best interests as their constituent.
- G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01)
- Bob Etheridge (D-NC-02)
- David Price (D-NC-04)
- Heath Shuler (D-NC-11)
- Mel Watt (D-NC-12)
- Brad Miller (D-NC-13)
- Jack Spratt (D-SC-05)
- Jim Clyburn (D-SC-06)
