Posted by
Catmman on Friday, June 26, 2009 1:10:46 PM
It isn't about climate.
It isn't about science.
It isn't about taxes.
It is about government control over everything you do.
Period.
Trying to argue Cap and Trade on its merits (or lack thereof) is irrelevant. Congress and this administration could care less whether the science is settled, if there is any science at all really. Science has nothing to do with this issue from the perspective of the pols pushing it. If you are pulling your hair out wondering "What are they thinking!", save yourself the trouble.
All the pols are interested in is control. If you won't "conserve" resources on your own? C&T will force you. Don't want to cut back on your driving? C&T will force you to. Don't want to buy a hybrid? C&T will push you to it. The government can't get people to buy off on windmills and solar cells? C&T will mandate it.
Everything the American citizen does requires energy. Every product the American citizen buys requires energy to produce and utilize. Every food the American citizen eats requires energy to grow and transport. Cap and Trade will regulate and mandate everything you use, buy and eat. Cap and trade will have the additional benefit of making all of the "stuff" we eat, use, drive, etc. cost more - further modifying your behavior.
Reasonableness, common sense, pshaw! Don't get you mind twisted around logic, trying to make the pols pushing C&T see reason. They don't care. All they are interested in is control - of your life.
Once you grasp and accept this, then the truly insidious nature of what's happening will sink in.