WASHINGTON - A nonpartisan congressional study projects only modest
household cost increases as a result of a Democratic proposal to limit
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, contradicting claims by
many Republican lawmakers that the climate legislation amounts to a
huge energy tax on average Americans.
....
The findings contrast sharply with cost projections — some as high as
$3,100 per household — use by many Republicans including House
Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio who repeatedly has blasted the
Democrat's climate legislation as economically devastating to average
Americans.
"This analysis underscores that this legislation is effective and
affordable," Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., one of the climate bill's
chief sponsors, said Monday.
Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., also a leading co-sponsor, compared the
cost to "a postage stamp a day" and not the economic catastrophe
suggested by the bill's opponents.
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2pid? Is the sky still falling? Are you still really REALLY ****ed off
about this?