Returning to the Dark Ages

This is what passes for good legislation these days. Cap and Trade taxes. For those of you living under a rock, this is the Global Warming (or is it "Climate Change" now that everyone is freezing to death in June?) nonsense bill being rushed through congress as my furious fingers type. They're going to put a cap on how much carbon dioxide everyone is allowed to emit. (That's right...learn to breathe less). The companies will be the first to suffer this ridiculous directive...and of course they will pass the expenses of having to buy "carbon footprint credits" right on to you, the consumer. This is a brilliant plan very similar to every plan the Democrats have. TAX THE @!$? OUT OF EVERYONE. Of course they call it "tax on the rich", but then the rich simply raise the prices on the goods they provide the consumer and the consumer pays. (That's YOU, for the Obama voters out there...YOU...even the ones who voted for him) Here's an excerpt from the WSJ about what this will actually do to the economy (vs. what the Democrats say it will do to the economy which is "everyone will dance with joy, the oceans will recede, the markets will soar, the poor will get rich, the rich will die a horrible death, and Christopher Reeve will return from the dead!")

The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity and gas so that Americans will use less. These higher prices will show up not just in electricity bills or at the gas station but in every manufactured good, from food to cars. Consumers will cut back on spending, which in turn will cut back on production, which results in fewer jobs created or higher unemployment. Some companies will instead move their operations overseas, with the same result. Read whole article HERE

Great. Well people, Ayn Rand continues to be proven right at every turn (read Anthem if you don't have time for Atlas Shrugged-it's only 100 pages). The Statists (I've stopped calling them liberals since reading Liberty and Tyranny...go get it now) are determined to return us to the dark ages. We will literally be reading by candlelight soon. Your government is about to FORCE you to use less electricity and gas by hiking up the rates so high, you won't be able to buy it. How are you going to get to work? How are you going to heat your house? We're all going to be tearing up our wood furniture and burning it soon to keep warm. This is what the Statists want for you. They want you destitute, freezing, cut off from all communication, while they rape and pillage the country's wealth for themselves. This is not crazy raving. This is what happens when countries go down this road to serfdom. We're taking all the right steps...there's no way this won't lead to the worst place you've ever been. I hope you're burning up the phone lines to Congress while you still have a phone and can afford the bill.