Congressman Joe Barton’s Letter to Secretary Geithner on Cap and Trade » The Foundry

I urge you to use your influence and prevail on the White House to reconsider this unhealthy smorgasbord of global warming radicalism and tax fantasy. The families whose paychecks are financing the trillion-dollar bailout and stimulus packages should be first in line for the help that we can extend to them, especially including a serious effort to reduce government’s appetite for the money people earn by working for it.

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www.dcexaminer.com >> Global Warming: The Backlash Begins

Moreover, initiatives such as the President’s raise cynicism about environmental policies. In Europe, where they have been trying such things for a while now, there is widespread belief that “green taxes” do not help the environment. For example, when asked to describe the motivations for politicians to promote green taxes, 74 percent of Britons polled said that, "politicians are not serious about the environment and are using the issue as an excuse to raise more revenue from green taxes."