Cap, Trade and a T-Shirt

Ok.  After a week of arm twisting members of congress who really really didn't want to vote yes on the Cap and Trade (energy) bill, President Obama comes out yesterday and says he really really doesn't like one of the provisions.

He doesn't like the provisions which would impose trade penalties on other countries that do not accept limits on global warming.

Why was this not told to the bill's sponsors last week?  They could have taken it out, surely they had time if they found the wherewithal to send a 300 page addition to the bill in the middle of the night before the vote.

There is also a feeling that the global warming issue isn't the big thing it was last year.  From Roger Simon:  "It’s as if that was last year’s - or last decade’s - fad, at the very moment the House of Representatives has been browbeaten by LaPelosita into voting for a cap-and-trade bill no known person has read, let alone understood."

Ah.  There's more:  "It will be interesting to see whether Obama will really put his weight behind this one - or if he will let LaPelosita twist."

Looks like Roger was on to something.

Oh, and here's a place to buy a T-shirt which says,

Dear Congress.
You Cap us,
We Trade You.
Love,
Your Boss

My own strongly held opinion is no bill should ever become law unless members of congress can prove they have actually read it before voting.

Comments

[Ron]

Doesn't do much good to have them read it and not understand it.
Obama now throwing a signal to the senate to give them some direction.

[Jason]

Just imagine this for a moment....You are the CFO for a major corporation. Your boss (the CEO) calls you and asks if you've reviewed the fiscal year reports (taxes, assets, liabilities, etc)before they are finalized and published. Now, you didn't REALLY read the reports, but you respond, "Yeah, boss, it's all good. Let's hit the golf course." A week later, the FTC, FBI, IRS, and SEC raid your office, looking to throw all of you in jail for fraud and embezzlement, because your reports are all out of whack.

What would happen to you?