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[BPSF] June 2009 (5) - The *Republicans* Who Passed Cap and Trade
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Our economy is about to be destroyed . . . and it's because of 8 REPUBLICANS (for Heaven's sake!). 

On Friday, Pelosi, et al, managed to pass "Cap and Trade" legislation in the House of Representatives
to "regulate" carbon dioxide.(For those of you who dropped out--or slept through--high school, or
even GRADE school, carbon dioxide is what you EXHALE every time you take a breath.)

It's what EVERY green plant "inhales" to live, and uses to produce the oxygen you DO need to live.
(For those of you under 45 years old, by "green plant", I don't mean "an environmentally-friendly
power-producing coal or nuclear power plant".  I mean those things that grow out of the ground that
are colored green [everything from grass to sequoias] and, because of chlorophyll, they turn CO2
(that's carbon dioxide) into oxygen.

The new Cap and Trade bill (which the Senate needs to KILL!) will raise the price of EVERYTHING
you buy by at least twenty-five per cent (25%).  Can you afford that??

Here's a list of the Republicans who voted for the bill, and enabled it to pass:

Mary Bono (Calif.)
Michael Castle (Del.)
Mark Kirk (Ill.)
Leonard Lance (N.J.)
Frank LoBiondo (N.J.)
John McHugh (N.Y.)
David Reichert (Wash.)
Christopher Smith (N.J.)

Remarkably, Forty-four Democrats voted against the bill, making the eight GOP votes all the more crucial.

Those Republicrats NEED TO BE VOTED OUT!!

"This is the biggest job-killing bill that's ever been on the floor of the House of Representatives. Right here, this
bill,"  House Minority Leader John Boehner said after the vote. "And I don't think that's what the American people want."

The 1,200-plus-page bill (which no one read before voting) now goes to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.

According to The Associated Press, the "cap-and-trade" legislation places the first national limits on emissions of
heat-trapping gases from major sources like power plants, refineries and factories. It requires:

  • An 17 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
  • An 83 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
  • That 20 percent of all electricity in the United States be generated by renewable sources and/or more efficient methods by 2020.

    As written, the bill will cost American households an estimated $175 a year by 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
    [Bruce says: Multiply that by TEN = $1,750 per year additional.  Can you afford that??]

    Many Republicans refer to the legislation as a "national energy tax."

    Bruce says:  It will be the coup de grace for our economy.  (For those of you who don't read French, that means "the bullet in
    the head.")

    IF YOU DON'T START CALLING AND WRITING YOUR SENATORS *NOW* TO KILL THIS BILL, KISS OUR
    ECONOMY, AND WAY-OF-LIFE, GOODBYE!

    Bruce
    http://www.internet-grocer.net

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