Posted by BrockSouthwick on 06/27/09 10:41 AM Last updated 06/27/09 3:21 PM [Newer: Obama is not concerned about We the People] [Older: It's time for S. 604 support!]

Urgent action is needed!

New carbon taxing Cap-and Trade legislation H.R. 2454 narrowly passed through the House this week.  There is no doubt that if this bill is passed through the Senate and signed by the Executive Branch, it will be one of the largest federal taxes on the American public since the 16th amendment (Federal Income Tax) to the constitution.  This is a time not unlike the time of ratification of the 16th amendment, when large spending legislation was proposed and enacted. By way of the Federal Income Tax, a source of new revenue had now become legally accessible to fund future unconstitutional federal spending programs including new U.S. debt to be held by the Federal Reserve. 

In our current situation, legislation for unprecedented federal stimulus packages and industrial bailouts of automotive, banking, and other corporate interests, has been sold to us as the only way out of the current economic crisis.  When questioned about funding for these and other proposed programs such as government health care, there have been few answers.  Our answer, in my view, is hidden in this outrageous proposal.
Any regulation that will impose additional taxes and fees based on an energy production's emission of a compound nearly all plant life on Earth requires to survive seems to be, in my view, a bit impractical.  Forecasts of skyrocketing energy costs have not only been predicted by the Republican right, but by President Obama himself! 

It is time to act.  It is time to inform anyone and everyone you can of the duty we have to stop this proposal while we still can.  Call and e-mail your senators as often as you can to express your distaste for this proposal until the final votes are cast in the Senate.  They snuck a 300 page amendment and a vote in the House on Friday this week to pass the 1400+ page cap-and-trade bill, so be ready for misdirection.