HUG A POLAR BEAR!
Do you like killing jobs, destroying businesses, creating economic havoc, and promoting poverty? Then you will love the so-called climate change bill, H.R.2454.
Charlie Fugate of Good Sense just put up a post that describes the economic dislocation that passage of H.R.2454 would produce in his congressional district, the 9th Virginia (see here). His post is based upon projections provided in a Web Memo from Heritage. Here is a link to the table reference in the web memo.
Never fear. We in the 11th Congression District will not be left out of the fun.
(See the web memo for a definition of terms.)
- GSP Losses in 2012 (in Millions) = $649.96
- Average GSP Loss, 2012-2035 (in Millions) = $1,294.03 mil
- Personal Income Loss in 2012 (in Millions) = $642.72
- Average Personal Income Loss 2012 –2035 = $372.24
- Non-Farm Job Loss in 2012 = 5,202
- Non-Farm Job Loss 2012-2035 = 3,263 per year
Moreover, our industrious new congressman Gerald Connolly (D) (who without doubt was too busy getting his beauty rest to read the bill before he voted for it), voted for H.R.2454 (see here). The congressional leadership released the 1200 page bill at 3 AM on the day of the vote. Thus you may rest assured that your congressman is working diligently to make absolutely certain your air will be clean of green house gases. In fact, one wonders if he will do such a great job that we will be around to enjoy the results.
Please feel free to pass this on. It is absolutely critical that the citizenry comprehend this in terms they can relate to. The pocket book. Thank you for the kind word and the link!!!
Not everything is about money. In fact, the most important things aren’t.
kgotthardt – Aye, but poverty and pollution go hand-in-hand.
I agree that money is not the most important thing. In fact, I know a lot of poor people who are just happy they are alive. What about the American Dream? Work, save and own what you live in? Is it too much to ask that that not be sacrificed on the altar of environmental extremism?