Recently, 219 House members voted to pass the destructive, anti-growth cap and trade bill. The 1,500-page wonder, also known as Waxman-Markey, managed the feat of being one of the costliest bills in American history while doing almost nothing to meet its stated goal of reducing carbon emissions. Our members voted to recognize the 8 Republicans and 211 Democrats who supported the bill with the Club for Growth's Comrade of the Month award.
“Waxman-Markey is the most offensive bill to taxpayers that has passed the House this year,” said Club President Chris Chocola. “The federal deficit has tripled in just one year. We bailed out Wall Street; we own General Motors; we passed a $780 billion stimulus only to see unemployment keep climbing; and now Congress wants to soak taxpayers with higher energy costs. When does it end?”
The engineers behind Waxman-Markey want to drive up energy costs so that people use less of it. To that end, the bill imposes massive new taxes, tariffs, and regulations, and it redistributes billions of dollars to finance corporate welfare and special interest projects.
“Cap and trade will only result in more economic pain and higher unemployment. The 219 members who supported this plan truly earned the designation of comrade,” added Chocola.
The Club’s Comrade of the Month Award is given to the politician or public figure who best embodies big-government policies and restrictions on economic growth.
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