It was a bad week for America…well, worse still for the likes of Ed McMann, Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, but through all the media attention regarding celebrities who have so little to do with our lives we lost a very important battle over our freedom, our wallets, and our ability to live life to its inevitable conclusion.
I’m disturbed about HR 2454…also known as the Waxman-Markey bill…which is being touted as “Climate-Change Legislation”. What ? It’s really about yet another (how many so far this year?) socialist scheme to wring even more hard-earned money from poor and middle class taxpayers. It has been estimated that the provisions in this bill will cost the average family from $1300 to $3000 per year...Do you have that available in your budget ? I Don't !
It’s NOT about “Climate-Change”, and, for the moment, let’s even assume that the man-made global warming hype IS real (read this first; eye-opening: http://www.rightwingnews.com/#post15984 )…this legislation, rammed through by Nancy Pelosi and Mr. B.O. himself, is about taxing YOU…taxing energy (that’s gasoline, oil, natural gas and a host of others) to create a “carbon trade” economy.
It’s amazing enough that they rammed this through the House without anyone having the chance to read it…or that they added 300 pages of amendments to help insure passage (again, without anyone reading the actual bill). The author of the bill, Henry Waxman from (sorry) California even admitted, on-the-air, that he didn’t know what was in the bill. Many of the members that are soooo interested in passing this have created companies which will benefit from this legislation and we, the gullible little taxpayers, will be the ones who pay. We should be very angry about this (oh, some are…http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/27284/ ), and I implore you to PLEASE check this out and try to make an informed opinion (your House member didn’t get that chance, but may have voted to pass the bill anyway !).
To get an idea from people who have researched this area, take a look at Patrick Bedard’s editorial in the June 2009 issue of Car and Driver magazine, entitled “Who Pays For New Fuels?” . This insightful article uses current government data to show just how much “alternative-energy” costs…and it ain’t pretty. And the bill known as HR 2454 gives Congress the ability to soak US for the 50-to-200 TIMES-more-expensive subsidies these “alternatives” seem to require. (Funny…but there is no link to Mr. Bedards article at Caranddriver.com…maybe I’ll type it up and post it here for those of you who can’t get your hands on a copy of the June 2009 issue).
So, the administration has nationalized the banking system…they’ve taken control of the auto companies (watch – they’re going after GE next)…and now they want to penalize and subsidize the energy markets ( HR 2454 - that’s called “control”)…clearly, we are being dragged away from free enterprise, and we must put a stop to it. Please, in the spirit of July 4th and the birth of a free nation, find out about this bill, find out how your House member voted, and do what you can to make your voice heard.
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