A Baker’s Dozen of Reasons to Oppose Cap-and-Trade
Nicolas Loris /
The cap-and-trade debate, like most debates in Washington, has become a numbers game. One side says it’s cheap; the other says it’s expensive. Depending on what side of the political aisle you fall on, selective hearing can dictate what you believe Waxman-Markey will do to the economy and how it will affect global warming. You hear it’s a jobs bill – that investing billions of dollars in new green technologies will create or save millions of jobs, stimulating the economy while igniting a green revolution. You hear it won’t cost Americans families very much – about a stamp per day is what proponents of the bill say. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here are thirteen reasons to oppose cap and trade.