Comments on: Grassley: ‘Cap and trade’ will be more controversial than health care http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Doc3 http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-24911 Doc3 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:31 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-24911 Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.<br><br>If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.<br><br>Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment. Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.

If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.

Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment.

]]> By: Doc3 http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-19552 Doc3 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:39:31 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-19552 Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.<br><br>If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.<br><br>Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment. Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.

If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.

Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment.

]]> By: Doc3 http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-18964 Doc3 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:39:31 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-18964 Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.<br><br>If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.<br><br>Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment. Should cap and tax be passed it will be the largest tax ever imposed on taxpayers. Keep in mind the US bill is only the tip of the iceberg. What these fuzzy headed thinkers want is to grant taxing authority to a foreign entity for an international cap and tax. We will end up sending trillions of US dollars to Third World Countries.

If we want to borrow and spend trillions more, increase taxes to deal with pollution fine. But spend the money here. Give tax credits to industry to clean up their emissions. Clean up the Puget Sound, Great Lakes, lots of shovel ready clean-up projects. At least the money will be spent here, jobs created here.

Call your representatives and demand they vote no on cap and trade. This will be a travesty for American taxpayers. It will kill industry. Anyone that thinks this is such a great idea come out to California and bask in the 20% unemployment.

]]> By: RegularJoe http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-18961 RegularJoe Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:50:21 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-18961 Is Grandpa prattling on again? Time to come home, Chuck.<br><br><a href="http://www.KrauseForIowa.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.KrauseForIowa.com</a> Is Grandpa prattling on again? Time to come home, Chuck.

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]]> By: Rmoen http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-18959 Rmoen Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:32:12 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-18959 Support for cap-and-trade has evaporated. Daily I read editorials, comments and letters-to-the-editor from all over the nation. Whereas when the House passed the bill it was maybe 2-to-1 against it nows appears 10-to1 against. The Senate will be wise to heed the overwhelming lack of public support and stop this legislation from passing into law.<br><br>If instead of a complex and risky cap-and-trade system the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions faster and beyond the proposed cap and trade targets.<br><br>-- Robert Moen, <a href="http://www.energyplanUSA.com" rel="nofollow">www.energyplanUSA.com</a> Support for cap-and-trade has evaporated. Daily I read editorials, comments and letters-to-the-editor from all over the nation. Whereas when the House passed the bill it was maybe 2-to-1 against it nows appears 10-to1 against. The Senate will be wise to heed the overwhelming lack of public support and stop this legislation from passing into law.

If instead of a complex and risky cap-and-trade system the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions faster and beyond the proposed cap and trade targets.

– Robert Moen, http://www.energyplanUSA.com

]]> By: Rmoen http://iowaindependent.com/20377/grassley-cap-and-trade-will-be-more-controversial-than-health-care/comment-page-1#comment-18958 Rmoen Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:28:57 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=20377#comment-18958 Support for cap-and-trade is evaporating. Daily I read editorials, comments and letters-to-the-editor from all over the nation. Whereas when the House passed the bill it was maybe 2-to-1 against cap and trade, support for it has fallen off a cliff. The Senate will be wise to heed the overwhelming lack of public support and stop this legislation from passing into law.<br><br>If instead of a complex and risky cap-and-trade system the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions faster and beyond the proposed cap and trade targets.<br><br>-- Robert Moen, <a href="http://www.energyplanUSA.com" rel="nofollow">www.energyplanUSA.com</a> Support for cap-and-trade is evaporating. Daily I read editorials, comments and letters-to-the-editor from all over the nation. Whereas when the House passed the bill it was maybe 2-to-1 against cap and trade, support for it has fallen off a cliff. The Senate will be wise to heed the overwhelming lack of public support and stop this legislation from passing into law.

If instead of a complex and risky cap-and-trade system the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions faster and beyond the proposed cap and trade targets.

– Robert Moen, http://www.energyplanUSA.com

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