Bravo, Herman Cain: RGGI should "have been R.G.G.R – Regional Greenhouse Gas Rip-off"

PR: Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Leads Charge to End Embattled RGGI Cap-and-Trade Scheme | Americans for Prosperity

The rally drew several hundred citizen activists from throughout the tri-state area on hand to demand an end to the job-killing RGGI program.

Cain, the Georgia Republican and founder of the Godfather’s Pizza chain, ridiculed the RGGI scheme as “tax-and-kill” and a taxpayer “rip-off.”

[Video] “I know you all came out today because of your objection to R.G.G.I. It’s similar to the federal program that they tried to do called ‘cap-and-trade’ and ‘tax-and-kill.’ You see I renamed it...‘cap-and-trade’ and ‘tax-and-kill.’ And as I looked at your R.G.G.I....they call it the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...I renamed that one, too,” quipped Cain. “It should have been R.G.G.R – Regional Greenhouse Gas Rip-off!

“Call it what it is,” continued Cain. “It is a rip-off! It is a hidden tax!