Do not get me wrong. I support American green jobs.
Cap-and-trade would hit the Midwest and South with higher power bills.
I urge my colleagues to oppose job killing and energy tax raising cap-and-trade legislation.
Cap-and-trade is a double-barreled shotgun of lost jobs and higher energy taxes pointed at the Midwest and the South.
What I do question is how we would even consider killing 2.5 million jobs in America when we are in the middle of the worst recession since ...
cap-and-trade would cut net employment by 2.5 million jobs per year, even after accounting for new green jobs.
there will be 2.5 million more jobs killed than created.
cap-and-trade legislation will kill millions of U.S. jobs, even after including green job gains.
$11,000 rising to $30,000 per farm is a jaw dropping number for farmers.
Some say that cap-and-trade is an opportunity that will benefit farmers, but those claims are popping as quickly as they are made.
In President Obama's own words, electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket under cap-and-trade.