#5 Fuming over Cap & Trade

So currently our Congress is considering the Cap & Trade regulations. Before I start to vent, PLEASE CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN Tell them to vote NO! now that that's out of the way... What is Cap and Trade you ask? The bed wetting liberal environmentalists think that by charging companies when they have to high of emissions (by some mythical standard) and allowing them to trade their quotas between companies. Here are the problems that I see. I am all for saving mother earth and not choking out the air that we breathe. Heaven knows I HATE seeing that ugly layer of smog during the weeks of inversion that we suffer here in Salt Lake City. As a Missionary I lived in the worlds worst pollution in Santiago. Here is the problem this at its core is a NEW TAX! Cap & Trade is going to cause our monthly outlay of cash to GO UP! Our Utility bills are going to go up. Electric plants cause emissions which is exactly what is being regulated. so guess who is going to pay for it?? You got it.. US! This is at its core the largest single tax increase EVER!. but don't even get me started on socialized medicine. today we have to STOP CAP & TRADE!