Are hard economic circumstances any time to be introducing 'Cap and trade' tax bills?

[jeffrey e]

Not to mention Multi trillion dollar bail outs for central banks and companys i.e. G.M..

Thank you! Oh pardon my rhetoric....we have saved many jobs. phhht

 

[Tracer]

NO, Cap and trade is a taxing tool only for the dems. It will do absolutely nothing to improve anything, it is just bullsh*t. We cannot afford more taxes. Then they will go after the VAT tax.

They are going to tax us to death, and I hope the liberals enjoy, because they will be bitching the most! Screw them all!!!!!!!!

 

[gws35]

If it makes you feel any better, the Wall Stret Journal agrees with you:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704888404574547492725871998.html
The Coming Deficit Disaster
"Recently, the White House signaled that it will get serious about reducing the deficit next yearâ€â€￾after it locks into place massive new health-care entitlements. This is a recipe for disaster, as it will create a new appetite for increased spending and yet another powerful interest group to oppose deficit-reduction measures...
"Mr. Obama and his advisers say they understand these concerns, but the administration's policy choices are the equivalent of steering the economy toward an iceberg."

 

[M.E.]

When would you suggest is a good time for such bills?

 

[Ted Kennedy's Car]

Liberals are not sure what you mean

Good times, or bad times, their SSI, Welfare, government job paycheck, or professor pay keeps rolling in the mail box

so what do they care?

 

[Demsmierda]

Only if the Democrats want to Destroy Working Class People.

And they do.

Democrats don't care about Jobs and Taxes, because Democrats don't work and pay taxes.

 

[ShouldaKnownBetter]

No none of this crap or HC.

But liberal do love to spend our money.

 

[jwthoughts]

At this point, when there are megabytes of emails being leaked exposing the lies that have fueled the man-made global warming science, I do not care what the economy is doing. Cap n Trade should not be at all considered. If the science was there, they would not have to lie about it.

Liberal bias...and for every economist that claims it would have been worse without the stimulus, there are more that show that the stimulus has not helped, or even made matters worse. And considering that less than 25% of the "stimulus" that was designed for "shovel ready" projects has been spent, that link is a joke! over 65% of that "stimulus" money is scheduled to be spent during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2010 and 2012....WHY? Because it has NOTHING to do with stimulus and 100% to do with partisan politics. I think that Obama and his administration should be in prison for treason over intentionally causing a negative impact on our economy while playing partisan politics with over $500 Billion Dollars of TAXPAYER money.

 

[tfoley5000]

End them all, Create Jobs and Function this Economy, these Bailouts are Killing Jobs and the Economy, time someone fires Bernanke.

 

[iris054]

Both conservative and liberal economists convinced both Bush and Obama that the banks needed to be bailed out to avoid the US going into a second Great Depression.

The US needs its auto industries. Check on the role of the auto industry in war time:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/45050/automotive-industry/65775/The-automotive-industry-in-World-War-II

Cap and trade? Haven't even had time to think about that one very much yet, but reduction of pollution and alternate energy are things we all should favor -- especially if we are parents.

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[lrd00a]

It didn't stop them from introducing health insurance reform bills that increase costs for EVERYONE. Why not jack up energy costs? What a great idea! Now the Democrats can bankrupt their constituents.

Yet, they balk at spending for Iraq. Which they're still spending money on.

 

[Lying Lib Radicals]

There will be no end until this administration is history. And that should be in 2010.

 

[wyldfyr]

Sure. Anything that will encourage investments in sustainable energy should be enacted regardless of the times.