Posted on 02/21/2009 5:36:16 PM PST by kristinn
Barack Hussein Obama will propose a massive business tax on greenhouse gases in his FY 2010 federal budget to be presented this week.
The massive tax increase and power grab was buried at the end on article on Obama's forthcoming budget proposal in The New York Times:
On energy policy, Mr. Obama’s budget will show new revenues by 2012 from his proposal to require companies to buy permits from the government for greenhouse gas emissions above a certain cap. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the permits would raise up to $300 billion a year by 2020.
Since companies would pass their costs on to customers, Mr. Obama would have the government use most of the revenues for relief to families to offset higher utility bills and related expenses. The remaining revenues would cover his proposals for $15 billion a year in spending and tax incentives to develop alternative energy.
The proposal is in keeping with a policy announcement candidate Obama made in 2007, as reported then by The Times:
"No business will be allowed to emit any greenhouse gases for free," Mr. Obama said in Portsmouth, N.H. "Businesses don’t own the sky, the public does, and if we want them to stop polluting it, we have to put a price on all pollution."
Obama famously said in 2008 he would make American citizens' electricity rates skyrocket under his plan:
"What I've said is that we would put a cap-and-trade system in place that is more -- that is as aggressive if not more aggressive than anybody else's out there, so if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can, it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.
"When I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, uh, you know, under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.
Regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad, because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money, they will pass that money on to consumers. If you can't persuade the American people that, yes, there's going to be some increase in electricity rates on the front end, but that over the long term because of combinations of more efficient energy usage and changing lightbulbs and more efficient appliances, but also technology improving how we can produce clean energy, that the economy will benefit. If we can't make that argument persuasively enough, you -- you can -- you can be Lyndon Johnson, you can be the master of Washington, you're not gonna get that done."
Obama, of course, has no intention of persuading the American people, he's going to ram his Marxist agenda up their tailpipes.
About damn time, don't you think!
Forget the politically deadly reparations, they are just going to use EVERY Federal agency to redistribute the wealth to their core constituency - the “Un-Taxed.” - in other words - “Democrat Voter.”
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But then, someone has to pay for the Reparations Stimulus package.
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Didn't you hear about the wonderful tax break the Kenyan in Chief just gave you??? Geez...what're you gonna do, blow all of that $30 a month on other necessities?
I was invited by a friend to a lunch with a Democrat this week - an influential one. Six words sum it up:
Nationalize banks, gasoline tax, carbon tax.
That was on Tuesday. The whole agenda played out during the week.
1. Ratification of an amendment repealing the 16th amendment.
2. Grant states sole responsibility for the collection of taxes from individual citizens and business except for tariffs.
3. Restrict congress from creating any law or taxes not specifically related to granted authorities as defined by the constitution.
Currently approximately 2/3 of the States are Red States. A 3/4ths majority is what would be required to ratify the constitution but it is doable!
The 16th amendment gave birth to the Federal Government monster and the states are the ONLY entity that can possibly reign in the feds.
If it can be repealed we will have a much better chance of stopping the destruction of America. As part of the act of repeal, congress may not create any law not specifically related to its constitutionally authority.
Now is the time. The polls indicate a very low congressional approval? Most everyone agrees that Congress has overstepped its mandate considerably.
Almost half of the state legislatures are considering or have representatives preparing to introduce resolutions which reassert the principles of the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Constitution and the idea that federal power is strictly limited to specific areas detailed in the Constitution and that all other governmental authority rests with the states.
Now is the time!!
All this crap will be passed onto customers. Wonder if all the Obamatons thought this is what they were voting for?
Turns out the hope and change from the campaign is turning out to be “I hope I have some change left” after Obama is done raping my wallet.
A new term from the Obama administration: Wallet rape. Say it with me: WALLET RAPE
Oh I really believe that !
LOL - to keep from crying!
What’s next? A fart tax?
Target rich environment.
See Section 1776 Para. 666.43 Subsection(z) of the above mention CC Act of March 2009 (or maybe April). It is included...
Hey America! Time to wake up!
It’s time to act. The time for talking is over.
2 years of Obama, people will have had enough of "change" that will result in a 60+ seat House landslide loss for the rats.
Crush those EEEVIL businesses! That will revive the economy.
Can see that the piddly “Tax relief” they’re supposedly putting in pay checks is going to go a long way toward paying that $5000...and the 101 other taxes 0’s gonna dump on us.
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