Kill the Energy Tax: Call The Following Representatives...

By Adam Waldeck on May 6, 2009 5:12 PM
Currently being debated in Congress is a "Cap and Trade" bill.

Wrapped in the façade of saving the planet, it's an energy tax that would increase your household energy bill by $3,100.

The other week, Newt testified against this bill, trying to persuade the Chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, that we don't need to punish the American people with more energy taxes.

If you believe that we can have both a good economy and a good environment, and you want to stop this disastrous energy tax, please call the Representatives listed below.

They have the ability to stop this bill.

Please tell them they must.

... Get the phone numbers: http://www.americansolutions.com/take-action/2009/05/kill-the-energy-tax-call-the-following-representatives.php

Value-added tax, once taboo, is getting attention in Washington

By Lori Montgomery
4:07 PM PDT, May 27, 2009
Washington -- With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax.

Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity.

... Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-vat28-2009may28,0,2138324.story

NBCC Study Finds Waxman-Markey Reduces GDP by $350 Billion: New study finds Waxman-Markey could cost 2.5 million U.S. jobs by 2030 and reduce earnings

WASINGTION — Today, in anticipation of Friday’s House Energy and Commerce Committee vote on the Waxman-Markey legislation, the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) released a new study that determines the potential economic impacts of the federal cap-and-trade system outlined in the bill. Compiled by CRA International, the analysis determines that by 2030 the law would:

• reduce national GDP roughly $350 billon below the baseline level;
• cut net employment by 2.5 million jobs (even after accounting for new “green” jobs); and
• reduce earnings for the average U.S. worker by $390 per year.

... Read more: http://www.nationalbcc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=7

Help Us Stop The National Energy Tax!

Washington, D.C. -
With the economy on shaky ground, you would think your elected officials in Washington, D.C. would try and find ways to ease the tax burden on hardworking Americans. Unfortunately, the powers that be on the far Left have other ideas.

President Obama is actively working with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to appease the radical environmentalists by imposing a “cap and trade” scheme to combat supposedly man-made climate change. But this effort to curb carbon-based emissions would not only be ineffective, it would cost all of us dearly every time we flip on a light switch or fill up our gas tank.

... Read more: http://www.freedomworks.org/press-releases/help-us-stop-the-national-energy-tax