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Grassfire Nation News Alert: Cap and Trade Energy Tax 4/21/2010

The Cap and Tax Energy Tax is set to be unveiled on Monday. It's the start of the full-court press to expand government control over the energy and manufacturing sectors of the economy -- and impose a huge "global warming" tax on every American consumer.

Details are starting to leak out. Here's some of what Reuters is reporting...

         --Cap and Trade regulation of the utilities in

           2012, creating a pass-through utilities tax

           for consumers...

         --Manufacturers come in line in 2016, causing

           American products to have a built-in carbon

           tax that, once again, is passed on to consumers...

         --Green carbon "offsets" which amount to nothing

           more than a global warming guilt offering...

         --Tariffs on overseas products, which is an

           admission that the Cap and Tax scheme will

           greatly increase the cost of goods produced

           in the United States and reduce our global

           competitiveness...

And here's the kicker...

         --A new "fee" (i.e. tax) on refined motor fuels

           (i.e. gasoline) as "the mechanism for reducing

           carbon emissions in the transportation sector"

           (Reuters).

           While we do not yet know how large this gas

           tax will be, it must be large enough to cause

           people to use less gasoline in order to achieve

           the goal of "reducing carbon emissions."

A carbon tax on utilities, manufacturing and gasoline... all passed on to consumers.

+ + Just 15,000 petitions short of goal

A few days ago, Grassfire Nation announced that we will hand-deliver citizen petitions to every Senate office, beginning next Monday when the bill is announced.

Tens of thousands have responded and now we need just 15,000 petitions to reach the goal of 300,000.

             To be included in this delivery, go here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27226&PID=16342674

+ + ObamaCare strategy being repeated

There is more evidence that the Senate is planning on using the ObamaCare strategy to pass the Cap and Tax Energy Tax. Step One starts on Monday with the "unofficial" release of the bill. The bill will not actually be "introduced" into the Senate so that Sen. Reid can take it directly to the Senate floor and skip the Committee process --

just like ObamaCare.  After that, it gets worse...

If the Reid backroom deal succeeds, pundits are saying Reid and Pelosi would wait until after the election to pass the final version -- to avoid having the final vote on a massive tax increase before the November elections.

But it all starts Monday...

            If you want to express your voice on this

            issue to your two Senators starting Monday --

            with your petitions hand-delivered to their

            offices -- go here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27226&PID=16342674

Again, if the goal of 300,000 petitions is reached by April 26, the petitions will be hand-delivered to every Senate office, meaning your two U.S. Senators will receive a copyof your petition on the same day the bill is "announced."

This is the best way to get your petition directly to your Senators.

The "cap and tax" energy tax will impose a massive tax on the American people and give the government draconian control over even the air we breathe.

Thank you for taking action.

Your friends at Grassfire Nation

P.S. Please forward this to your friends and urge them to sign the petition and help us reach 300,000 signers in time for the bill announcement on April 26. If the goal is reached, petitions will begin being hand-delivered on that day:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=27226&PID=16342674

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