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Why are the big oil and energy companies in favour of cap and trade?
22 hours ago ago from Coffee Company
Apparently the big oil companies and power generators (like Shell, BP and the Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation) are very much in favour of cap and trade. Do you think this they're genuine in their concern for the environment, or is it something else? Follow the money . Cap and trade will artificially raise energy costs and these companies are in the energy business. More revenue for providing the same of product = ever increasing profit. ...
Related contentJohn Boccieri's confusing position(s) on Cap and Trade bill
6 hours ago ago from GOP Exiles — Give me liberty or give me death… Patrick Henry
First, view this video. from April 9th On March 25, 2009, Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH) said: “‘My understanding from what I’ve heard is it’s going to cause a big increase in our utility bills.’ Boccieri said the White House has been lobbying him heavily, but, ‘in its present form, cap and trade would be devastating to Ohio.’” (Robert Wang, “Boccieri Holds Telephone Town Hall Meeting,” On April 9th, John was ...
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23 hours ago ago from My Insurance Policy
After Hurricane Andrew and continuing to this day, Florida home insurance companies have continued to pull out of the state or seek significant rate increases. Why? Because both Florida homeowners insurance companies and state regulators can't seem to agree on the right amount that consumers should pay for the hurricane portion of their Florida home insurance bill. So starting in the 1990's, the State of Florida started to charge special ...
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16 hours ago ago from SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
There Came a Pale Rider Notwithstanding some minor tinkering, the U.S. Senate has now passed the government takeover of healthcare. And despite the fact that it may not contain all of the far left's extreme demands, it is almost impossible to overstate the nefarious effect of what has emerged. As Barack Obama has rightly intoned, even as now written, without the "public option," the measure embodies the single most massive government ...
Related contentKarl Rove on the Cost of Reid’s Greased Pig
1 day ago ago from veronicaestrada's Diary
From Karl Rove's WSJ Editorial (12.23): [A]ny Democrat who assumes that it's OK to pass a bad bill because it includes a good deal for them is missing a larger dynamic of the Senate. When costs balloon, as they will, Congress will have to revisit health care. When it does, it will have little incentive to cut deals with individual senators when the public is clamoring about costs and there is no need to scramble for every vote. ...
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For Their Next Trick . . .
1 hour, 36 minutes ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Look for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to try to circumvent the traditional conference committee process by which the different versions of health care reform passed by each house will be reconciled. If so, it will be the latest example of violating principles of transparency and accountability in the single-minded pursuit of legislative victory. Conferences involving members from both houses are messy ...
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