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I was listening to NPR, as I sometimes do, when I heard a story about how conservatives think cap & trade is a bad thing. No big news there. However, when the journalist polled the people at a recent Republican gathering in Ohio the news ended up being that most people there didn't actually know what cap & trade is. One guy described it as a bill that would put a cap on trade. Is this guy really gonna vote? Staying out of the politics behind the real bill, what is the deal with people voting on issues they know nothing about? My question to you: Did you know what cap & trade was BEFORE you looked at this thread? Voting age only need respond. You understand why, I hope. JD _________________ "Well, hopefully that's our job, to strap rockets onto everything." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters |
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I knew what it was beforehand because I watched this. I'm honestly astonished that cap & trade would be put to a vote at all (if it has). America's involvement in climate change legislation has been such a mummer's farce, and it doesn't seem like they'd even bother letting the general, uninformed public vote on it. But then, maybe they would, knowing that it would probably be passed. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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I'm pretty sure that most politicians don't know what they're voting on most of the time. Of course the regular people don't. Even when voting for president, I would wager that the vast majority of people know almost nothing about the candidate they vote for. They just know that the guy is a Republican, a Democrat, or black. _________________ EvilSpace |
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Saellys wrote: I knew what it was beforehand because I watched this.
I'm honestly astonished that cap & trade would be put to a vote at all (if it has). America's involvement in climate change legislation has been such a mummer's farce, and it doesn't seem like they'd even bother letting the general, uninformed public vote on it. But then, maybe they would, knowing that it would probably be passed. Actually, the bill has stalled in the Senate, and I'm not aware of any plans to make it a referendum. What I found perplexing while watching your video was this: if cap and trade is going to be so great for big business, then why would Republicans be against it at all? The likely answer is two-fold: they need a democratic "machine" to rage against, and the issue is too complicated for most politicians to understand. It seems as though the idea behind cap and trade is sound, but the loopholes in the legislation at this juncture are too numerous. For me, better to get the ball rolling and work out the kinks later. Otherwise, if you wait too long the window of opportunity may pass to get any sort of legislation enacted. Then where would we be? JD _________________ "Well, hopefully that's our job, to strap rockets onto everything." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters |
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uncreative wrote: Burn After Reading.
Oh wait, is this not the screen cap thread? Ah... Ohio decided the 2004 election remember??? Lebron just bailed on them, so they're in mourning, cut em' some slack I think part of the problem is Political Nomenclature. If they'd asked the same folks "Do you believe what all the tree huggers say about global warming, and if it merits some laws?" you would have got a better idea of why they could care less what the law is about. _________________ yup, that's my name. FOR YOUR RATING PLEASURE: 4 LIKE Buttons, 1 NEUTRAL, 1 VEXED, 5 DISLIKE buttons. LC > FB = personal fave = Eisley fans should dig it |
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Climate change/peak oil is a big picture, long term problem. Long term problems don't get dealt with very effectively in American politics. It's much easier to get reelected if you vote for bills that affect current issues, rather than future issues. It seems as if American political reactionary voting isn't able to look more than a few days into the future. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Annie Leonards' piece was very revealing! The Cap and Trade reminds me of the CAFE standards for the auto industry, where a company could produce a gas guzzler as long as they off set it with a vehicle that got high gas milage! Still I suppose it worked in the sense that MPG has increased across the board! However, the high price of gas of late, could have contributed to that as much or more than the legislation! _________________ Mike=] |
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as a Republican (well, technically, at least), i know exactly what “Cap and Trade” is, and still very much opposite it, because: 1. i don't believe the government has the right to tell individuals, organizations or corporations how much they can or cannot emit, nor to create an artificial “market” to buy and sell “credits” to “allow” people to emit more or “profit” from emitting less. 2. I don't believe the purpose of this policy is emissions reduction, but, rather, revenue generation to support our seemingly endless and unsustainable expansion of government power (see point 4.) 3. i believe the economic burden of this policy — assuming it has severe enough restrictions and punishments to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses (see point 4) and/or increase government revenues (see point 2) — has the potential to be disastrous to our economy, especially those individuals less able to deal with the increased cost of energy (the working poor, small businesses, etc.) 4. in countries where it has been tried, it has consistently failed to actually achieve it's stated goal of emissions reduction. of course, politicians in those countries — and others supportive of their policies — use the excuse that “it would be worse if we did nothing”, or “it would get better if only we did more”, which is based purely on faith in their own political beliefs, not facts. as for my own political beliefs, see points 1, 2 and 3. |
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