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Support Bold Action on Clean Energy Legislation ! TAKE ACTION !


Environment  (tags: environment, clean energy, legislation, habitat, protection, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 172 days ago - change.org
The historic vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives last Friday moves this bill to the Senate. Now, we must continue to build momentum and work for its passage.
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Judy Cross (84)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 10:40 am
CAP AND TRADE EQUALS FRAUD AND TAX

H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 will result in a totalitarian centralization of the American economy in the administrative agencies of the federal government, especially the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This 1,300 page horror is a prime example of congressional modus operandi — no one in Congress actually had the opportunity to read the bill which was, incidentally, being amended as it was debated on the floor. As H.R. 2454 shows, this axiom still holds true: the more benign the title of a congressional bill, the more draconian its contents. After all, who could be against clean energy or security? The real goal of H.R. 2454 has nothing to do with either of these; it is a power grab, pure and simple.

While we have all heard much about the tax implications of H.R. 2454 and that every American family could see a $3,000 a year increase in their energy costs, H.R. 2454 does much more than that. H.R. 2454 is a fascistic fait accompli, giving the government expansive powers to regulate, subsidize, and tax more sectors of the economy. The bill authorizes more federal government control over the electrical grid, state and local building codes, lighting and appliances, industry, the financial markets, and, perhaps most ominously of all, the health care system. In addition, it includes wealth redistribution measures and would allow increases in foreign aid.

Part of the rhetoric surrounding H.R. 2454 is that it will help break America’s dependency on foreign oil by encouraging development of renewable energy sources. Most likely, the opposite will happen as oil companies “cope with U.S. carbon legislation by closing fuel plants, cutting capital spending and increasing imports.”
READ THE REST
http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-equals-fraud-and-tax.html
 

Jamie L. (221)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 10:46 am
Done!
 

Annie Cowling (43)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 11:55 am
ACTION TAKEN, THANKS CHER
 

Joycey B. (699)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 12:41 pm
Noted with thanks Cher.

Thank you for making the pledge "Support bold action on clean energy legislation."
Thank you for signing the energy independence declaration
 

Raffi Sabra Mu is Gone (340)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 4:31 pm
Success

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Kari D. (177)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 4:45 pm
noted & signed
 

Rhonda Maness (466)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 6:19 pm
Thank you for signing the energy independence declaration
Pledge signed as well Thanks Cher
 

Silky W. (170)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 10:16 pm
Pledged and signed and Noted Thanks Cher :)
 

David t. (302)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 11:17 pm
Done thanks Cher.
 

Judy Cross (84)
Thursday July 2, 2009, 8:22 am
What is wrong with you all. This is galloping totalitarianism

Clean Energy and Security Act brings auditors into your homeH.R. 2454 is a 1400-page promise to audit every aspect of your home and life under the guise of creating jobs, clean energy and a sustainable world. However, before we get into the bill lets examine the way it’s been handled.

The secrecy of the bill and the speed of which the legislation is being railroaded is quite alarming. The last two times I’ve seen this was with the Patriot Act and TARP legislation.
Congressman Ron Paul told the Washington Times that no one was allowed to read the Patriot Act, and for that, we received one of the most anti-American legislations we’ve ever seen. Complete with secret arrests, indefinite detentions and forced DNA collection from “suspected terrorists.”
TARP had similar shenanigans, it was rushed through the house, no one could read it and threats of Marshal Law were made. Rep. Brad Sherman tells us in the clip what happened behind closed doors.
http://www.examiner.com/x-14613-Kansas-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Clean-Energy-and-Security-Act-brings-auditors-into-your-home
 
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