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Send a Special Thank-You to the 8 Vichy Republicans

By: azaeroprof (Diary)  |  June 27th, 2009 at 01:38 AM  | 

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So 8 Vichy Republicans have turned coat on their party and their nation by providing the key votes to pass the cap and tradetax debacle. So we need to thank them for their treasonous behavior.

So please go to Barnes and Noble or Amazon and order a copy of Jean Fritz’s Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold for as many of these turncoats as you can. The book only costs about six dollars, so it’s plenty affordable to send a copy to all 8!

Here are the Washington office addresses for the ‘gang of 8′:

Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
104 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Mike Castle (DE)
1233 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Mark Kirk (IL-10)
1030 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
114 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)
2427 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515

John McHugh (NY-23)
2366 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Dave Reichert
1730 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Chris Smith (NJ-4)
2373 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515

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  • izoneguy

    The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill
    by Ben Lieberman
    Testimony
    Testimony before the
    Senate Republican Conference

    June 22, 2009

    It is clear that cap-and-trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. After all, when you sweep aside all the complexities of how cap and trade operates–and make no mistake, this is the most convoluted attempt at economic central planning this nation has ever attempted–the bottom line is that cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it. Inflicting economic pain is what this is all about. That is how the ever-tightening emissions targets will be met.
    (snip)
    Beyond the cost impact on individuals and households, Waxman-Markey also affects employment, and especially employment in the manufacturing sector. We estimate job losses averaging 1,145,000 at any given time from 2012-2035. And note that those are net job losses, after the much-hyped green jobs are taken into account. Some of the lost jobs will be destroyed entirely, while others will be outsourced to nations like China and India that have repeatedly stated that they’ll never hamper their own economic growth with energy-cost boosting global warming measures like Waxman-Markey.
    (snip)
    Overall, Waxman-Markey reduces gross domestic product by an average of $393 billion annually between 2012 and 2035, and cumulatively by $9.4 trillion. In other words, the nation will be $9.4 trillion poorer with Waxman-Markey than without it.
    (snip)
    It should also be noted that the costs are not distributed evenly. Low-income households spend a disproportionate share of their incomes on energy, and thus would be hit harder than average by Waxman-Markey.

    In conclusion, it’s not surprising that support for Waxman-Markey is heaviest in those parts of the country, the urban centers in the West Coast and Northeast, that are least harmed by it. Even there, the economic damage would be bad enough, but the citizens in the rest of the country and their representatives should really be asking many tough questions about the economic impact of cap and trade. Thank you.

    • izoneguy

      http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/tst062609a.cfm

      The table below lays out six congressional district specific data points:

      Gross State Product Loss in 2012:
      This number is the amount of economic destruction that will occur in that district in the first year of the cap-and-trade regime.

      Average Gross State Product Loss, 2012-2035:
      Same as above, only it is the average economic destruction in the district for the bill’s first 24 years.

      Personal Income Loss in 2012:
      This number represents the reduction in consumer spending power in a district in the first year of the cap-and-trade regime.

      Average Personal Income Loss, 2012-2035:
      Same as above, only it is the reduction in consumer spending power in the district for the bill’s first 24 years.

      Non-Farm Job Loss in 2012:
      Jobs are jobs, and in the first year of the cap-and-trade regime, each district will have significantly less than they otherwise could.

      Average Non-Farm Job Loss, 2012-2035:
      This number is crucially important because it demonstrates that no district gains jobs, even in the long run; the increase in “green jobs” does not outweigh the decrease in jobs elsewhere.

      A Final Note on Jobs

      During the “stimulus” debate, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs lamented that “more companies [have] announced mass layoffs.”[6] The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines mass layoffs as “where private sector nonfarm employers indicate that 50 or more workers were separated from their jobs for at least 31 days.” Under Waxman-Markey, on average each congressional district would experience the equivalent of more than 52 mass layoffs.

      Although losing several thousand jobs may not seem like a lot to some politicians who are stuck inside the beltway, the mass layoffs resulting from Waxman-Markey should make any politician–and hard working American–cringe.

      How the Waxman?Markey Climate Change Bill Would Affect the States,
      by Congressional District

      (Print this out – highlight your congress person and send it to them)

      http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/upload/wm2504_table1.pdf

      • redneck_hippie

        Although my rep voted solidly NO, there are several others I will mail to.

  • reddog53

    a copy of “What Color is Your Parachute” for those that will be looking for other employment in a year or so….

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  • tedpomeroy

    Kudlow – Sat 12 – 1PM

    WABC Talk Radio tune in

    radio or internet

    Lance must go!