Comments on: Fallon to Boswell: ‘Do as Al Gore would do’ http://iowaindependent.com/16261/fallon-to-boswell-do-as-al-gore-would-do Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rels2009 http://iowaindependent.com/16261/fallon-to-boswell-do-as-al-gore-would-do/comment-page-1#comment-19944 rels2009 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:01:10 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=16261#comment-19944 I agree with Ed Fallon. How dare a Congressman who represents farmers try to modify a bill so that it helps farmers. It is an outrage that Leonard Boswell would seek to amend legislation to help his constituents. After all, plenty of people in Sherman Hill like the bill as it is, so why would anyone want to change it? I agree with Ed Fallon. How dare a Congressman who represents farmers try to modify a bill so that it helps farmers. It is an outrage that Leonard Boswell would seek to amend legislation to help his constituents. After all, plenty of people in Sherman Hill like the bill as it is, so why would anyone want to change it?

]]> By: rels2009 http://iowaindependent.com/16261/fallon-to-boswell-do-as-al-gore-would-do/comment-page-1#comment-17383 rels2009 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:10 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=16261#comment-17383 I agree with Ed Fallon. How dare a Congressman who represents farmers try to modify a bill so that it helps farmers. It is an outrage that Leonard Boswell would seek to amend legislation to help his constituents. After all, plenty of people in Sherman Hill like the bill as it is, so why would anyone want to change it? I agree with Ed Fallon. How dare a Congressman who represents farmers try to modify a bill so that it helps farmers. It is an outrage that Leonard Boswell would seek to amend legislation to help his constituents. After all, plenty of people in Sherman Hill like the bill as it is, so why would anyone want to change it?

]]> By: Rmoen http://iowaindependent.com/16261/fallon-to-boswell-do-as-al-gore-would-do/comment-page-1#comment-17376 Rmoen Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:01:51 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=16261#comment-17376 I too am a Democrat and I agree with Rep. Leonard Boswell. The cap and trade bill is too complicated with too many moving parts. But that should be of no surprise since 880 lobbyists registered to lobby on climate change and their fingerprints are all over the bill. Cap and trade will enrich a new class of financial speculator, and cost American consumers billions, possibly trillions of dollars. It will drive-out manufacturing of every description. Even non-polluting Microsoft says it will move jobs overseas because cap and trade "makes U.S. jobs more expensive".<br><br>Cap and trade is worse than a tax because only 15% of the proceeds from auctioned permits go into our national treasury. And the kicker? We'll never even know if cap and trade worked.<br><br>If instead the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions beyond the cap and trade targets.<br><br>Robert Moen, <a href="http://www.energyplanUSA.com" rel="nofollow">www.energyplanUSA.com</a> I too am a Democrat and I agree with Rep. Leonard Boswell. The cap and trade bill is too complicated with too many moving parts. But that should be of no surprise since 880 lobbyists registered to lobby on climate change and their fingerprints are all over the bill. Cap and trade will enrich a new class of financial speculator, and cost American consumers billions, possibly trillions of dollars. It will drive-out manufacturing of every description. Even non-polluting Microsoft says it will move jobs overseas because cap and trade “makes U.S. jobs more expensive”.

Cap and trade is worse than a tax because only 15% of the proceeds from auctioned permits go into our national treasury. And the kicker? We'll never even know if cap and trade worked.

If instead the United States had a national mandate to replace coal generation plants with natural gas and nuclear energy, plus if we replaced our commuter cars with battery-powered electric cars, we would drastically reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce CO2 emissions beyond the cap and trade targets.

Robert Moen, http://www.energyplanUSA.com

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