Cap and Tax Markup Begins

[Mike (Premo)]

House Democrats yesterday began their multi-day markup in the Energy and Commerce Committee of the Waxman-Markey bill known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). The bill is more commonly known as the “cap and trade” national energy tax bill. There is no Republican on record as supporting this enormous tax increase.

Authored by committee chairman Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Ca.) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the bill was in trouble before it got out of the gate. The fact that the bill will impose enormous costs -- no one knows how much yet, but enough to cause Rep. Mike Pence (R-In) to say it’s a declaration of economic war against the Midwest -- has cost it support among key moderate Democrats. The Blue Dogs may have grown weary of wearing footprints on their backs from the stampede to the far left.

Cap and Tax Markup Begins - HUMAN EVENTS

Stupid Socialist Party always thinking we have too much money in our pockets. Has anyone thanked you Democrats for electing them? No? I didn't think so.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by Mike

Cap and Tax Markup Begins - HUMAN EVENTS

Stupid Socialist Party always thinking we have too much money in our pockets. Has anyone thanked you Democrats for electing them? No? I didn't think so.

For at least the next year and a half, the die-hard Obama supporters will continue to blame Bush for the tax increases and so on, claiming that they were *NECESSARY* to fix the country after he left office.

[bcp (Premo)]

obama should have just used the bailout to pay off the Bush years.
had he done that, everything would have been better.

[otter (Premo)]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

For at least the next year and a half, the die-hard Obama supporters will continue to blame Bush for the tax increases and so on, claiming that they were *NECESSARY* to fix the country after he left office.

You're being nice by just saying a year and a half. Blaming Bush, just like blaming Clinton by conservatives, will not go away for years.

[Vince]

Originally Posted by Mike

Cap and Tax Markup Begins - HUMAN EVENTS

Stupid Socialist Party always thinking we have too much money in our pockets. Has anyone thanked you Democrats for electing them? No? I didn't think so.

But Mike, the people just love the messiah and his Congress.....at least until they realize how much money is being taken from them. Then, even a Dem will start to think about it.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by otter

You're being nice by just saying a year and a half. Blaming Bush, just like blaming Clinton by conservatives, will not go away for years.

Perhaps. I have said before that some people will continue to blame Bush long after most voters have any idea who the hell he ever was, and that as long as one Republican exists, Democrats will sooner blame him for their problems than actually fix them.

On the other hand, if things go sour enough in the next year, enough of the conservative Democrats elected in the last two cycles are going to buck the trend to keep their jobs, because as much as voters will want to blame Bush for double digit unemployment, higher gas prices and inflation, they'll also be mad that no one is doing anything about it.

[ImnoMensa]

If Congress doesnt pass Cap and Trade, Obama will do it by Executive order.

Like he just passed new CAFE laws. Der Feuhrer will have his way.