Cap and Trade, Dennis and Jacko

On Friday as every television station in America continued to cover nothing but the death of Michael Jackson, Kansas 3rd District Congressman Dennis Moore voted along with all the other liberals in Congress and passed 219-212, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, aka the Waxman-Markey bill, or also called the Cap-And-Trade Act.

Most Democrats voted for the bill—211 in all—but 44 Dems voted against. Almost all Republicans opposed the bill—168—but eight Republicans broke ranks to support the measure.

It’s clear that cap-and-trade will be one of the most expensive government interventions in American Energy since our Country was founded. But in reality the bill amounts to nothing more than an Energy Tax. The bottom line is that cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it.

Utility companies such as electric utilities, oil refiners, natural gas producers, and some manufacturers that produce energy on site will be forced to pass the costs on to us. Naturally, then the consumer’s costs go up.

Our Kansas farming sector will be particularly hard-hit with higher gasoline and diesel fuel costs, electricity costs, and natural gas-derived fertilizer costs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as well as the Heritage Foundation is anticipating a 28% decrease in farm business revenues in 2012 and some estimates are over 50%.

Kansas will get the brunt of it all. With Waxman-Markey, Kansas’ farmers are at a global disadvantage. Farmers in competitive countries will have no comparable energy-price raising measures in place, which means we lose the battle of competition. It’s supply and demand and simple economics. Kansas will lose and lose big and one of our own congressmen is responsible.

While we watch the news about Jacko on Friday, Dennis Moore helped ruin Kansas’ economic future with another liberal vote. It’s despicable, it’s un-American and it reflects a vote from a Washingtonian and not a Kansan!

Click on the link and thank Dennis Moore for taking Kansas from a fruitful plain to a barren desert!