King of Snake wrote:XITE-1/4LIVE wrote:Anyone who actually wants Cap & Trade obviously doesn't own their own property, or buy their own insurance or even groceries for that matter.
It makes no sense to vote to raise your own taxes, or de value your own property.
that's the true american spirit! Fuck the environment, as long as your taxes are low!
Ok I know, cap and trade is not the answer to climate change, and is actually probably mostly a big fraud. But if so then I guess that's a better reason to be against it rather then "omg it raises my taxes" right?
Somewhere, at some point, someone will have to pay the bill for the damage we've done.
Typical response for those unaware that the GUYS CURRENTLY PUSHING CAP AND FARCE, AND CARBON TAXES ARE THE GUYS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT!
Raising taxes without reciprocation accomplishes nothing. Our current debt proves it. Taxes go to pay back debts from goberment waste. We still don't have good education and infrastructure is crumbling. You can pile on more shit, and it's still a pile of shit.
If there's no tax incentive for the private sector to fix the problem, then by the time government gets their hands on it it's too late.
Regulation is a band-aid after-the-fact, and the regulators have NO integrity in regulating themselves.
Classic misunderstanding of the US taxation system by European structure (which is similar, but with no incentives). You may have windmills, but at an extra cost that otherwise wouldn't have been necessary.
Noone will adopt any solar, wind, etc. without some benefit. If it all goes to profit the companies while we just pay taxes (to add to their profits), then there is no incentive or benefit.
We have a pseudo-socio-fascistic government structure NOW, and people are brainwashed into thinking it's the way to go.
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic is JUST change - not wholesale transformation, which is what is required.
BC's favored scientists are the ones now caught in a lie. Go ahead and buy into it, since you're paying for it anyways.
Sitting around armchairing in your bedroom waiting for your loving government to take care of you, and blaming the Republicans for not feeding you your Democrat handout (classic bait-n-switch fiasco) is not a solution. You become a puppet. It kills you in slow motion. People suffer, and all you're left with is blame. Nothing will get accomplished. THIS is the insanity.
Greg