Did you know New York already has “Cap & Trade” aka Cap and Tax? It is called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI. How did this get by most of us, slipping under the radar? Even though “Cap & Trade” has been stalled at the federal level, the RGGI scheme has been up and running for two years right here. This “Cap & Trade” program has already cost ratepayers across New York and nine other Northeastern states over $660 MILLION! As your Assemblyman for the 92nd District, I will work to eliminate this additional taxing scheme and look to develop incentives for everyone to use less energy and more green energy products without further taxes.
This “Cap & Trade” energy tax will cost New Yorkers more jobs and continue to cause energy prices to skyrocket. This is just what we need, higher energy prices. The states are now the battleground for “Cap & Trade”. If we don’t stop it now it will spread to other states across the country, some of which are already poised to adopt their own regional “Cap & Trade” programs, and our country’s already battered economy will be severely damaged for years to come.
You can help to fight this in New York City on September 8 – the date of the next secretive RGGI auction. The RGGI "Cap and Trade scheme operates in secret - a clandestine operation where you and I are told we have no right to know who is trading. Nor do we know how much the RGGI bureaucrats are making on the backs of taxpayers. This is ridiculous! That’s why we need to fight this “Cap & Trade” scam now.
There is an opportunity to send a message to the RGGI bureaucrats and the rest of the nation that we will not stand for a job-killing “Cap & Trade” energy tax! Join the Protest for New York’s Cap & Trade Program - WHEN: Wednesday, September 8 at 11:00am
WHERE: RGGI Offices, 90 Church St., New York City.
New Jersey has already started a revolt and you can read about it by going here:
Thomas Bock is the endorsed candidate of the Republican and Conservative parties for the 92nd Assembly District seat. He can be reached at info@Bock2010. Visit his website at www.Bock2010.com or his blog at www.electtombock.blogspot.com. You can contribute to his campaign through his website and Pay Pal
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Uh, there have been 76 stories on RGGI, its costs and benefits, in the Albany Times Union since 2005.
ReplyDeleteAnd the price of electricity in the 10 states involved with RGGI, has not made any dramatic spike because of RGGI.
RGGI was developed under GOP Gov. George Pataki. It is hardly some secret flying under the radar...