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Another Reason We Don't Need Cap-And-Trade

If we weren't talking so much about health care right now, you can bet cap-and-trade would be the big story on the front pages of newspapers. While it is nice to say we are winning the debate on Obamacare, we're not quite yet at the point where...

Published 10-10-2009 2:58 PM by Matt Margolis

Filed under: cap and trade

John Kerry Doesn't Know What "Cap and Trade" Means

If we didn't already have enough fun talking about the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in the House, we now got the Boxer-Kerry bill in the Senate to poke holes in. While the legislation leaves several things unanswered, there is one thing certain...

Published 10-05-2009 12:16 PM by Matt Margolis

Filed under: cap and trade, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry

Why Are We Still Talking About Cap and Trade?

Yesterday, Paul Krugman attacked The Heritage Foundation and other opponents of cap and trade. Are the opponents of cap-and-trade relying on different studies that reach fundamentally different conclusions? No, not really. It’s true that last spring...

Published 09-26-2009 10:00 AM by Matt Margolis

Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Paul Krugman

Administration privately admits cap-and-trade could cost families $1,761 a year.

Yesterday, CBS's Declan McCullagh reported on documents obtained from the Treasury Department under a FOIA request by the Competitive Enterprise Institute . The documents provide an internal overview and analysis of the cap-and-trade scheme. The first...

Published 09-16-2009 9:44 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: cap and trade

Economic Suicide: A Crash Course In Supply Side Economics

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Published 07-15-2009 3:05 PM by Tabitha Hale

Filed under: cap and trade, nuclear power, cap and tax, Chernobyl, Sarah Palin

More on Waxman-Markey's Section 304 (And Other Clarifications)

When I wrote my post on Section 304 of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill late Tuesday night, I really had no idea that it would draw the kind of attention it did. As of 9 P.M. Thuesday night, the post had over 14,000 hits and was still climbing. I...

Published 07-10-2009 9:32 AM by Jimmie Bise

Filed under: cap and trade, home ownership

If You Don't Hate the Cap and Trade Bill, Let Me Show You Section 304.

I bet you thought that if you bought a house, you actually own it and can, with reasonable exceptions, do with it what you want. You probably think that if you want to live in a log cabin, with wood stoves that belch smoke into the air for heat, and an...

Published 07-08-2009 1:05 AM by Jimmie Bise

Filed under: cap and trade, home ownership

Looking to the Founding Fathers for Answers

Yesterday, in his weekly address, President Obama called on Americans to "summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago". This is one time when I can get behind President Obama's sentiments...

Published 07-05-2009 8:26 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: wasteful spending, cap and trade, capitalism, stimulus package, government spending, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, economic crisis, government, cap and tax, government option, federal government, founding fathers

President Obama Is An Economic Poseur

President Obama played the role of concerned economic leader over the weekend after the House on Friday narrowly passed a bill designed to curtail global warming. He questioned language that would use trade penalties as a stick to punish countries that...

Published 06-29-2009 12:16 PM by K. Daniel Glover

Filed under: cap and trade, cap and tax, energy bill, energy policy, national energy tax, global warming, climate change

Obama supporters on cap and trade: a huge tax that will decrease GDP

"I think if you get into the way it was written, it's a huge tax and there's no sense calling it anything else. I mean, it is a tax ." So says Warren Buffett , Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and perhaps even more importantly, one of...

Published 06-28-2009 10:47 PM by Despina Karras

Filed under: energy, cap and trade, capitalism, free market, stimulus package, government spending, taxes, stimulus, job losses, tax issues, economic crisis, regulation, unemployment, green jobs, cap and tax, consumers, economics, environmentalists

An energy bill before recess...eliciting votes with candy?

Later today,there could potentially be a major vote in the House of Representatives about our nation's future energy policies. Eight days before communities across our nation celebrate our nation's independence, liberals on Capitol Hill may try...

Published 06-26-2009 7:00 AM by John Hanlon

Filed under: cap and trade, cap and tax, energy bill

Warren Buffett Criticizes Cap and Trade (Again) as Huge, Regressive Tax

Warren Buffett, the world's richest man and a vocal supporter of Barack Obama , thinks the pending cap and trade legislation would further stunt economic growth. BECKY : You said you didn't like cap and trade especially in this economy though...

Published 06-25-2009 11:38 AM by Catherine Favazza

Filed under: congress, cap and trade, economy, Tax Foundation, warren buffett, action

Ask Yourself Why Obama Is Trying to Fast-Track His Agenda

Has anyone ever noticed how so much of Obama's agenda has to be passed "quickly." Everything has a sense of urgency to it. Obama has said that his nationalized health care won't happen if it doesn't happen this year. Democrats plan...

Published 06-19-2009 4:55 PM by Matt Margolis

Filed under: cap and trade, Employee Free Choice Act, health care

What’s Your Cap-and-Trade Tax Burden?

Everyone knows that a new cap-and-trade energy policy would hurt the wallets of American consumers, but how much? The Tax Foundation has created the Household Cap-and-Trade Burden Calculator in an attempt to answer that question on an individual basis...

Published 06-15-2009 11:43 PM by Alexa Shrugged

Filed under: cap and trade, taxes, Tax Foundation, carbon emissions, cap and tax

Calculating The Cost of Cap And Trade

Can you put a price on legislation that will do nothing to help the environment, but increase your energy bill and destroy jobs ? Well, it depends on who you ask... but don't ask the government, because you won't get an honest answer. The Environmental...

Published 06-08-2009 11:58 PM by Matt Margolis

Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency

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