The Conservative Front

Here they are, the 8 GOP members who voted in favor of the Cap & Trade Tax. This is the nearest thing I could come up with to a perp walk. Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti H/T to Michelle Malkin for posting this.

The liberal Brookings Institute yesterday released an analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. The bill has been presented by the Democrats as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 83% by 2050. It accomplishes the goal via the now-infamous cap-and-trade system, which would negatively affect 85% of the economy.  Click to view the presentation. [...]

Michelle Malkin has good things to say about Jason Chaffetz on her blog. She is referring specifically to Rep. Chaffetz’s Cap and Trade Disclosure Act, for which he is currently seeking co-sponsors. The Republican Study Committee reports: Rep. Jason Chaffetz is seeking original cosponsors for the Cap-and-Trade Tax Disclosure Act which will require utility companies [...]

This is just evil. Cap and trade, in other words, is a scheme to redistribute income and wealth — but in a very curious way. It takes from the working class and gives to the affluent; takes from Miami, Ohio, and gives to Miami, Florida; and takes from an industrial America that is already struggling [...]