Friday, June 26

Vote NO on HR2454!

My friends, family, and fellow citizens,

The United States Congress is voting on HR2454 today, and we must all do our civic duty and urge them to vote NO.

HR2454, or the Waxman-Markey Bill, is a piece of socialist horror that will not only raise gas prices and the unemployment rate, but the majority of the taxes collected under it will go to special interest groups, and not the government.

According to The Heritage Foundation,

"Analysis of the economic impact of Waxman-Markey projects that by 2035 the bill will:

-Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $7.4 trillion,

-Destroy 844,000 jobs on average, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by over 1,900,000 jobs,

-Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation,

-Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent,

-Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent,

-Raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500, and

-Increase inflation-adjusted federal debt by 29 percent, or $33,400 additional federal debt per person, again after adjusting for inflation. "

I don't think it needs to be said that this bill must be defeated. Here is a link to contact your Congressman. Call him, fax him, email him, do whatever it takes to convince him that he (or she) needs to vote NO on HR 2454.

Thanks from the bottom of my libertarian heart,
Kat

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