Higher taxes and energy costs; Clean Energy and Security Act passed
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 9:40PM The House of Representatives passed HR2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, popularly called Waxman-Markey or Cap and Trade. The vote was close. The vote was recorded at 7:17 p.m. on Friday.
Red State got it exactly right with a headline, ‘The Quisling Republicans.’ Eight GOPers voted for a bill that will penalize the American people by taxing them and raising costs on the gas we all exhale every time we breathe. The benefits to the planet will be minimal. The federal government will reap tax revenue and speculators will reap record profits. One day everyone will figure out they’re trading absolutely nothing for money and the bottom will once again rise to the top.
The US House of Representatives abandoned the welfare of the nation by passing a bill most of them did not even read. Once again I question the legality of legislation many who voted for it did not read. This action is an arrogant insult to the American people.
