Comprehensive Energy Bill

First and foremost no energy bill that Congress passes should contain Cap + Trade. It will destroy our economy! All it does is punish - by taxing - anyone who uses fossil fuel. Companies may pay the initial tax, but we will pay for it in higher prices and more lost jobs. We have no choice but to use fossil fuels. Why punish us?

Congress seems to like comprehensive plans. Can Congress pass a comprehensive energy bill? This bill should address current, midterm, and future needs. For at least the next fifteen to twenty years, oil will play a significant role in our energy needs. We do not have to depend on foreign oil. We have large amounts of oil and oil shale in our country. The government simply will not let us drill for it. Drilling techniques have advanced greatly. We can drill responsibly. There are areas in which wells could be drilled and pumping oil within two to three years. Why not use our oil and create more jobs here? We would also keep our trade dollars here.

We need to drill for natural gas. We have vast amounts of natural gas and it is a clean burning fuel. We need to build more nuclear energy plants. This, too, would create new jobs and is a clean source of energy. New sources of energy need to be developed. As they are developed and widely available we can transition to these new sources of energy. However, we can not stay in a holding pattern as these new sources are developed. We must use what energy is currently available.

Can Congress pass a truly comprehensive energy bill?

Signed,
The Electorate

Energy Bill: Results of Cap and Trade

Politicians are saying that the Energy Bill that includes Cap + Trade is first and foremost a jobs bill. That is like saying black is white. If a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, that does not make it any less of a lie. It will cause the loss of an unbelievable amount of jobs. Look to the economies that have tried this. Green jobs were created, but Cap + Trade so dramatically increased the price of all goods that many, many more jobs were lost. Can we not learn from their mistakes?

To stay in business, after Cap + Trade, companies will be forced to raise prices and cut costs. They will lower costs by cutting jobs. The higher prices will force people to buy less. Less merchandise will be needed, which will again force job cuts. Do you see a pattern? Isn't unemployment high enough? Does Congress have to make it worse?

Congress can pass legislation to develop new green energy and create new green jobs. It can do this with a bill that does not include Cap + Trade and save the jobs we have now.

Signed,
The Electorate

Please Vote Against the Energy Bill

To Congress,

Please do not vote for any energy bill that includes Cap + Trade.

Companies may pay this tax, but this tax will be passed along to us in much higher prices. Florida families and small businesses can not afford these government mandated higher prices. We are barely keeping our heads above water now.

Last year Florida polls showed that over 70% of Floridians supported the "all of the above" energy plan. We must develop new sources of energy, but we also must utilize current resources until these new sources are broadly available. We can't just squeak by using less until new sources are available. This would be economic suicide.

Signed,
The Electorate

Against Cap and Trade

American Solutions has a new commercial in the effort to stop the Cap and Trade bill that is being pushed through Congress.

The Markey-Waxman “Cap-and-trade” Energy Tax bill, in the current
form being considered by the House Energy and Commerce committee, would
have the following catastrophic effects by 2035:

1. Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $9.6 trillion annually;



2. Destroy 1,105,000 American jobs per year on average, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by over 2,479,000 jobs;



3. Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation;



4. Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent;



5. Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent;



6. Raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500 annually; and



7. Increase inflation-adjusted federal debt by 26 percent, or $29,150 additional federal debt per person, again after adjusting for inflation.

Facts from: Heritage Foundation

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Signed,

Daughter of the Electorate