Forbes: Cap-and-Trade National Energy Tax Wrong for America

Congressman Randy Forbes sent the following email today to his campaign supporters on his opposition to the cap-and-trade national energy tax and his work to introduce the New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence instead. 

Friends -
 
Last night as many Americans began their weekend, the US House of Representatives was voting to saddle them and their families with a large additional tax burden through legislation, known as the cap-and-trade national energy tax.
 
The effects of this tax will be far reaching.  It will impact American families in all parts of their daily lives – when they turn on a light switch, watch TV, mow their lawn, or run their dishwasher. Over the course of a year, the average family of four will see their energy costs rise by $1,200.  Electric bills will rise by $754 per year and gasoline costs will rise by $596 per year. All total, an average family will to have to find an additional $100 in their monthly budgets to cover this new national energy tax - which is on top of the taxes already paid on energy bills.
 
This is wrong – especially now when so many have lost jobs and are just trying to make ends meet. 

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