Comments on: Cap and Trade is dead

By: Jeff McMahon - Scorched Earth – Copenhagen is on; Obama to a lead U.S. delegation - True/Slant

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:02:10 +0000

[...] the climate bill was dead, then the climate bill was not dead yet, then Copenhagen was dead, then Copenhagen was not dead [...]

By: Jeff McMahon - Scorched Earth – How Max Baucus’s no vote on the climate bill sets up the final yes - True/Slant

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:27:12 +0000

[...] Senate’s version of cap and trade, also prematurely declared dead, passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week with no Republican input. [...]

By: Bill Dupray - American Conservative – Exclusive: House sources say “very good” chance Cap and Trade dead - True/Slant

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:57:11 +0000

[...] We predicted the demise of Cap and Trade here yesterday. Seems that at least some members of the GOP agree with that assessment. [...]

By: Bill Dupray

Bill Dupray — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:20:34 +0000

Yogi also said it ain’t over until it is over, and while I think the Cap and Trade idea is kaput, they will pass a green energy bill that will undoubtedly accomplish a lot of the liberal agenda. They do, after all, still run the whole show.

By: Bill Dupray

Bill Dupray — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:17:29 +0000

I prefer to look at a defeat of Cap and Trade as us keeping our tax break, because we would have had to pay more taxes and more for everything that is made using any kind of energy . . . which is everything. All the taxes levied on manufacturers would have been passed along to consumers and lots of jobs, as the Democrats noted, would have gone overseas. Both parties are killing this.

If you don’t like corporate tax breaks, why not just have Nancy and Harry eliminate them? It would be a lot easier.

By: davidlosangeles

davidlosangeles — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:50:22 +0000

Mr. Dupray,

It is certainly possible, there are a great many very powerful political forces out there (the petroleum industry, aerospace, the electric generation community, the automotive industry) dead set against any action on GHG emissions controls and there are really not that many in favor of it, and those that are, are not nearly as powerful. Besides, why put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether? Besides all of that, without the full weight of the WH behind it, Cap and Trade would never get out of committee and it seems that their attention is now elsewhere (Health Care Reform and Afghanistan). However, as America’s greatest philosopher once noted “Making predictions is hard, especially about the future”. Wise is the Yogi.

By: libtree09

libtree09 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:45:56 +0000

Another big win for the oil and gas industry…now if they can succeed in keeping their subsidies and tax breaks…we can expect the speculators to get back in the game and get prices back up where they belong.

By: Tweets that mention Bill Dupray - American Conservative – Cap and Trade is dead - True/Slant -- Topsy.com

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:11:20 +0000

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