THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XII, Issue # 58, April 25, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
CAP-&-TRADE TREASON
By Alan Caruba
IF THE PROPOSED CAP-&-TRADE ACT IS PASSED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS & SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE
LAW WILL IMPOSE THE LARGEST TAX THE AMERICAN NATION HAS EVER SEEN, DESTROY THE U.S. ECONOMY, CAUSE A
MASSIVE INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, & FURTHER IMPOVERISH AMERICANS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
ENACTMENT & ENFORCEMENT OF THE CAP-&-TRADE LEGISLATION WILL BE AN ACT OF BETRAYAL OF AMERICA, SINCE
THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE DESTRUCTION OF OUR COUNTRY. THE U.S. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT NO
LONGER REPRESENTS US -- THE VOTERS, THE CITIZENS. THE GOVERNMENT NOW REPRESENTS ONLY SPECIAL
INTERESTS & RADICAL, LEFTWING IDEOLOGIES.
FULL STORY:
If you thought that the way the Obama administration and its cohort of Democrats in Congress rammed through the
takeover of the nation’s healthcare system was appalling, prepare to watch the same process applied to Cap-and-Trade.
Your government no longer represents you, the voter, the citizen.
Cap-and-Trade (H.R. 2454) allegedly is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but there is no scientific justification
for this because there is no “global warming” that requires it, nor is manmade, anthropogenic, generation of carbon
dioxide (CO2) a threat to the planet. Just the opposite, everything dies without it; all vegetation and all animal life. Life
on Earth would thrive if there was even more CO2.
To what end would Congress impose such emission limits when they do not exist throughout China, India and Third
World “developing” nations, and are being abandoned by European Union nations where the Kyoto Protocol limits have
harmed their economies?
Global warming has been exposed as a massive hoax and fraud. Why would the United States Senate proceed to enact a
bill based on it? In essence, the legislation will make some corporations, utilities, and people very rich and impoverish
the rest of us.
Having passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate will be handed a huge bill that, like socialized
healthcare (Obamacare), few will have read before they vote. The legislation will impose the largest tax the nation has
ever seen.
The act will bless the various “exchanges” created for the sale and trade of “carbon credits” that have no value whatever.
It creates a bubble comparable to the sub-prime mortgage debacle that triggered the 2008 financial crisis and resulting
recession.
The amount of CO2 will not be reduced, since the Earth naturally produces 97% of all the CO2 in the atmosphere. Even
then, that amount is the smallest part of the atmosphere, which consists of more than 95 percent water vapor!
Cap-and-Trade is an act of betrayal because it will destroy the U.S. economy, destroy jobs, and further impoverish
Americans in a variety of ways.
The Cap-and-Trade Act that has already passed the House of Representatives will be put in play by Senators John Kerry,
Lindsey Graham, and Joseph Lieberman. It was created in the House by Rep. Henry Waxman and Rep. Edward Markey.
They know the bill will set in motion the destruction of the nation whose life’s blood is affordable and abundant energy
use.
Just as the Obama administration moved swiftly to acquire ownership of General Motors and Chrysler, to take over
insurance giant AIG, to control one sixth of the nation’s economy through the Healthcare Act, and is now seeking to
expand the regulation of Wall Street, Cap-and-Trade will ensure the destruction of the nation, as manufacturing flees to
other parts of the world.
Beginning one year after enactment, homeowners will not be able to sell their homes without complying with onerous
and unnecessary energy and water “efficiency” standards. These standards, moreover, will increase annually. Within
five years, 90 percent of the residential market will be controlled by the government.
On April 19, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new guidelines for “Energy Star” homes, requiring them
to increase “efficiency” by 20 percent more than those built to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. Home
ownership, already the largest expense for Americans, will be further increased by required upgrades.
In a few years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the average cost of energy use to every family of four will
be $6,800 per year. No one will be exempt from energy taxes and you can expect the cost of a gallon of gasoline to rise
beyond $4 to European levels.
In Europe, industrial carbon quotas have enriched the continent’s biggest energy users such as steel and cement makers.
Their surplus carbon permits, often provided for free, are estimated to be worth more than $4 billion at current market
rates by 2012. There is no scientific justification for them.
It will be the U.S. government that will determine who receives the initial free “carbon credits,” thus giving corporations
that have supported Cap-and-Trade a huge advantage over those who do not. Not only will the government rake in
billions from the taxes to be imposed, but utilities will raise their prices and pass it along to consumers.
There is no need whatever to reduce use of socalled “fossil fuels.” There is no need for the “efficiency” and
“conservation” measures that will be imposed. If the government would permit access to the nation’s vast reserves of
coal, oil and natural gas, none of this would be needed. The government, however, will not permit access to these
reserves.
The nation is under attack from within by a consortium of fanatical environmentalists and rent-seeking corporations and
utilities seeking to profit from these government mandates and limits.
It is the perfect storm. It is treason.
Editor’s Note: Politico.com: (4/24/10) The planned Monday unveiling of a bipartisan climate bill was postponed after
one of its three authors, Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican - South Carolina), said that he couldn’t support the
legislation if Democrats moved it to the backburner to focus first on immigration reform. Senator John Kerry (Democrat -
Massachusetts) announced the postponement Saturday evening, saying that “external issues have arisen that force us
to postpone only temporarily.”
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Political Environmentalism Versus Human Progress & Prosperity:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
The Earth's Natural History, Global Climate Changes,
& the Future of Human Life & Civilization on the Planet:
Science, Ideology, & Public Policy
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Alan Caruba blogs daily at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com. An author, business and science writer, he is the
Founder of The National Anxiety Center.
Return to Top of Page
Go to the WEBSITE INDEX
Return to Beginning of
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA,
Public Issues & Political Controversies
Return to Beginning of
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Most Recent Articles
Return to Beginning of
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA,
Volume XII, 2010
Return to Beginning of
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA,
Subject Matter Highlights
Return to POLITICAL EDUCATION Homepage
CONTACT & ACCESS INFORMATION
This is not a commercial website. The sole purpose of the website is to share with interested persons information regarding civics,
civic and social education, political science, government, politics, law, constitutional law and history, public policy, and political
philosophy and history, as well as current and recent political developments, public issues, and political controversies.
POLITICAL EDUCATION, CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS
POLITICS, SOCIETY, & THE SOVEREIGN STATE
Website of Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr.
Government, Politics, Public Policy, Legal Issues, Constitutional Law, Government & the Economy, Cultural Values, Foreign Affairs,
International Relations, Military Defense & National Security, Geopolitics, Terrorism & Homeland Security, American National Interests,
Political Systems & Processes, Political Institutions, Political Ideologies, & Political Philosophy
INDEX FOR THE ENTIRE WEBSITE
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Conservative & Free-Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic,
Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
Conservative Government Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity