HR2454

HR 2454

Below is my latest letter to my congressman regarding HR 2454, the Cap and trade bill.

Dear Congressman Scott;

I am emailing you on what I suspect to be a futile attempt to dissuade you from voting for HR 2454. This “Cap and Trade” bill will raise the cost of, among other things, electricity and gas for every American. President Obama estimated the cost of this legislation to be over 850 billion dollars, which is, no doubt, a very conservative estimate and would realistically amount to a fraction of the actual cost.

You and your fellow politicians have spent the past year huffing and puffing to pass the bailout and the stimulus bills in order to “take strain off of the tax payers”. In fact, you have spent over a trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) of our tax dollars over the past year with your arrogant theory that you have the power to “jump start” the economy. Great job. My home state of Michigan currently has a 14% unemployment rate. A trillion dollars and an unemployment rate of 14%. Our money hard at work.

Sarcasm aside, seeing as you have usurped so much of our money, why not use some of it to provide tax breaks and incentives to companies who curb their carbon footprints enough to fall under the arbitrary “cap” amount. Instead of taking our money, why not give some back?

The government has created a commodity and is now taxing those who chose not to buy it. These costs will be passed onto consumers, similar to when gas prices rose and costs of goods increased. Do you believe the average American to be ignorant enough to not notice a difference? I would like to believe your claims that the taxes and charges for this "cap and trade" commodity will be used to make energy consumption more efficient. However, if social security tells us anything it’s that funds collected for one specific tax can be used on any form of government spending through inter-governmental loans. Yes, the public knows about these.
So, again, I will ask you not to burden your constituents with higher costs and the layoffs that would certainly come from burdening businesses with higher taxes. Please remember, you work for us, not for Washington. Please oppose HR 2454.

Email your rep. Make your voice known.