DRAFTSTUD
Well-known member
Where do you and your Senators stand on this Crap and Trade Bill? I am totally against this as we already have laws and resources in the United States to more than grind to a stop anything you can think of. I see it as a way of creating a Monster that we will not be able to put back into it's cage once it is set forth on the people of the United States. When he isn't at the local Cathouse, this is how my senator feels and I support him on it. John
Dear Friend,
In September, the U.S. Senate is expected to resume debate on comprehensive climate change legislation – already passed in the House of Representatives – to limit energy use in the United States. As in previous versions, this legislation focuses on the idea of cap-and-trade, or as I like to call it, “cap-and-tax,” as a mechanism to reduce carbon emissions.
In the history of ideas to come out of Washington, this is amongst the worst. Cap-and-Trade would set an arbitrary “cap” on carbon emissions, and require emitters to later purchase “credits” to emit greenhouse gases. Consequently, this would increase the cost of everything from gas and food to electricity and water bills. The cost of producing every agricultural and manufactured product in the United States would also exponentially increase, forcing carbon-emitting manufacturers and businesses to look to move their operations – and the jobs they provide to Americans – overseas to countries without such burdensome regulations. With America already in the grips of a still-worsening recession, both the short and long term implications for our economy would be devastating.
Furthermore, it is highly questionable what if any effect this would have in achieving its goal of reducing global warming. Most of the world’s developing countries have few if any government restrictions on the release of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, whereas the United States already has myriad restrictions and regulations on the emission of pollutants. China is now the top emitter of greenhouse gases, and other rapidly industrializing nations like India now produce a huge volume of the world’s industrial carbon emissions. For the United States to impose a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions without similar initiatives taken in countries like these would have a negligible impact on reducing global carbon emissions at the cost of thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars to our economy.
I will continue to fight against cap-and-trade and other ill-conceived ideas that would devastate our struggling economy, make American manufacturers and farmers less competitive on a world market, and drive up the cost of energy on middle and low-income families in Louisiana.
Sincerely,
David Vitter
U.S. Senator
Dear Friend,
In September, the U.S. Senate is expected to resume debate on comprehensive climate change legislation – already passed in the House of Representatives – to limit energy use in the United States. As in previous versions, this legislation focuses on the idea of cap-and-trade, or as I like to call it, “cap-and-tax,” as a mechanism to reduce carbon emissions.
In the history of ideas to come out of Washington, this is amongst the worst. Cap-and-Trade would set an arbitrary “cap” on carbon emissions, and require emitters to later purchase “credits” to emit greenhouse gases. Consequently, this would increase the cost of everything from gas and food to electricity and water bills. The cost of producing every agricultural and manufactured product in the United States would also exponentially increase, forcing carbon-emitting manufacturers and businesses to look to move their operations – and the jobs they provide to Americans – overseas to countries without such burdensome regulations. With America already in the grips of a still-worsening recession, both the short and long term implications for our economy would be devastating.
Furthermore, it is highly questionable what if any effect this would have in achieving its goal of reducing global warming. Most of the world’s developing countries have few if any government restrictions on the release of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, whereas the United States already has myriad restrictions and regulations on the emission of pollutants. China is now the top emitter of greenhouse gases, and other rapidly industrializing nations like India now produce a huge volume of the world’s industrial carbon emissions. For the United States to impose a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions without similar initiatives taken in countries like these would have a negligible impact on reducing global carbon emissions at the cost of thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars to our economy.
I will continue to fight against cap-and-trade and other ill-conceived ideas that would devastate our struggling economy, make American manufacturers and farmers less competitive on a world market, and drive up the cost of energy on middle and low-income families in Louisiana.
Sincerely,
David Vitter
U.S. Senator
