Think Progress » Conservatives Falsely Assert That Green Economy Legislation Would Impose $3,100 Tax On Families »
Posted By cosmogenium 8 months ago in Political News
Conservatives in Congress are resting their objections to effective green economy legislation on a bogus stat. Conservative leaders like Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are attacking the cap-and-trade proposal before Congress by claiming that it would "cost every American family up to $3,100 per year in higher energy prices."
This is an outright lie.
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bubba28 months ago
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We got a 6 TRILLION addition to the National Debt from Bush and his cronies in EIGHT years.
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The dollar was devalued and spiraling LONG before Bush left office. Just another attempt to try to pin something on Obama that he had NOTHING to do with ...
The "projected" deficit from Obama's stimulus and proposed budget is JUST that ... "projected". It remains to be seen what will happen.
Meanwhile, the doubling of the National Debt by Bush and the Republicans is FACT.
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bubba28 months ago
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Nope ...
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From the article ...
"MIT had determined the net welfare effect on a typical family and the burden would be less than 1/40th what they [Republicans] claim, and wouldn’t occur until 2015."
"The tax might push the price of carbon-based fuels up a bit, but other results of a cap-and-trade program, such as increased conservation and more competition from other fuel sources, would put downward pressure on prices. Moreover, consumers would get some of the tax back from the government in some form." -
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