Cap and Trade Was Never About Climate » The Foundry

In other words, if 100% of the permits were auctioned off, the left would have almost another trillion dollars to spend on new social programs.

AEI - Short Publications - Indirect Energy and Your Wallet

In this Outlook, we will further explore Americans' use of indirect energy--this time by examining how much money an average household spends on indirect energy and what options Americans have to reduce that spending. This will be particularly relevant as Congress considers putting a tax on carbon emissions, either directly or through a carbon-emission trading system, in coming years.