<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Brookings: Fears that cap and trade will hurt farmers are baseless]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:52:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/1 I'm sure that Corn State politician Barrack Obama will do his best to "persuade" the farmers....that what is not in their best interest is "good for humanity".

WWAGD?

 

]]> I'm sure that Corn State politician Barrack Obama will do his best to "persuade" the farmers....that what is not in their best interest is "good for humanity".

WWAGD?

 

]]> Comment #2 by jestbill http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/2 Oh, oh!  [insert latest Democratic/Progressive plan] will hurt farmers.  It will hurt poor people. It will destroy the economy!

In this case, it seems to me that fixing Climate Change might have negative economic effects but failing to fix it could be a little more serious.

Claiming that some project will hurt some economic sector is not a telling argument in any case.  Change (of all kinds) tends to do that.

 

]]> Oh, oh!  [insert latest Democratic/Progressive plan] will hurt farmers.  It will hurt poor people. It will destroy the economy!

In this case, it seems to me that fixing Climate Change might have negative economic effects but failing to fix it could be a little more serious.

Claiming that some project will hurt some economic sector is not a telling argument in any case.  Change (of all kinds) tends to do that.

 

]]> Comment #3 by AntonioSosa http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:11:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-09-brookings-cap-and-trade/3 Of course cap-and-trade will hurt farmers! By increasing the cost of energy, it will hurt mainly the poor and the middle class.

Kudos to the GOP and their “The American Energy Act,” which will help us have the energy we NEED for our farmers and companies to compete and provide employment and prosperity, and to free us from energy dependence on enemies like Hugo Chavez. Obama’s cap-and trade, on the other hand, will destroy the economy.  

Cap and Trade “would be the equivalent of an atomic bomb directed at the U.S. economy—all without any scientific justification,” said famed climatologist Dr. S. Fred Singer. It would significantly increase taxes and the cost of energy, forcing many companies to close, thus increasing unemployment, poverty and dependence

 

]]> Of course cap-and-trade will hurt farmers! By increasing the cost of energy, it will hurt mainly the poor and the middle class.

Kudos to the GOP and their “The American Energy Act,” which will help us have the energy we NEED for our farmers and companies to compete and provide employment and prosperity, and to free us from energy dependence on enemies like Hugo Chavez. Obama’s cap-and trade, on the other hand, will destroy the economy.  

Cap and Trade “would be the equivalent of an atomic bomb directed at the U.S. economy—all without any scientific justification,” said famed climatologist Dr. S. Fred Singer. It would significantly increase taxes and the cost of energy, forcing many companies to close, thus increasing unemployment, poverty and dependence

 

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