Congratulations to today’s victors

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  June 26th at 10:57 PM  | 

Congratulations to the House Democrats, and their eight Republican abettors, on the passage of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade tax climate change legislation. Today’s victors are to be congratulated for demonstrating that by using dilatory tactics, such as posting the “final” version of a 1,200 page bill the night before the vote, issuing a 300 page amendment to the 1,200 page bill after 3:00 a.m., | Read More »

Obama on cap and trade: ‘electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket’

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  June 26th at 06:31 AM  | 

“Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” — Barack Obama, January 17, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle Watch Obama say that under his cap and trade plan electricity rates will skyrocket: During the same interview Obama also admitted that his cap and trade plan would bankrupt anyone who builds a coal-powered plant. Obama was honest about cap and trade | Read More »