Tag Archives: cap and trade

House vs. Senate

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Happy 4th, y’all.
Today I read this in an email from Americans For Prosperity.  (I got in a heated argument with some hyper-Republicans at their national event last year.  I tried to explain to someone how all flags are gangster symbols.)
The issue is the Cap and Trade bill, some notes on the House’s vote:
* Just two [...]

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My Thoughts on Cap and Trade

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

For starters Steve Margolis (former prof of mine – and friend) has a piece at Newmark’s Door on the cap and trade bill. 
Ironically, an outright tax would have been better than the cap and trade plan.  What the current bill does is assign a privilege to pollute, and then allow this privilege to [...]

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