CAUTION: ECONOMY KILLER

Would you like to see one possible future for the United States?  Below is a headline, and its link, to an article that has been it at least a dozen on-line news sources, telling how the Dutch Cabinet (the counter part to our Congress) have actually voted in a tax on how much people drive their cars.  Though I understand it’s not OUR government, it is well worth the read.

Dutch Cabinet Okays Tax Based on Miles Driven by Motorists

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010772.html

Now obviously I cannot speak for everyone, but for me this is, like many of the taxes we are suffering these days, one more rip off of a people by those that govern them.   And, guess what.  This show is on its way to a city or town near you, very soon.

Much sooner then you might think, in fact, if Congress has its way.  Remember that little ‘Cap and Trade’ bill that no one wants to talk about any more?  The one that was already passed by our friends in the House, and is only waiting for the blessing of the ‘good old boys’ in the Senate?  Well, if you look closely you’ll find a very similar provision the Dutch law lurking within the pages of that scam as well.  There are, in fact, untold numbers of little items like that hidden in those pages that We The People are not allowed to see.  Or, to have anything to say about it.  This is the very reason no one talks about it anymore.  If you don’t hear about it, you will forget about it until they have it passed and you are now subject to their idea of Utopia.

For instance, you know that house you plan to sell in a year or two when the market gets a little better?  You may want to consider selling it quickly if Cap and Trade becomes law.  There are provisions in that bill that will require you to nearly rebuild that home to meet the new and improved ‘standards’ that are the ‘vision’ if its creators.  One of the first things that will have to go are those old drafty windows.  They will have to be replace, by a licensed contractor, in order to meet energy loss standards.   Those are the ‘standards’ that do not exist today.  All those old non-Energy Star appliances you just installed last year will also have to be replaced with the also new and improved versions, and there is no ‘cash for clunkers’ program for those.

Though it may not hit immediately, the language already exists in the bill that would force you to have an electronic thermostat installed in your home, whether you are selling it or not, that will give the electrical utility company (at least for the time being) the ability to turn your house temperature up or down as they see fit to control electrical energy use.  I think it is a pretty good bet that it will not be long until some nameless government agency will have control of that as well.

These are items that are actually in the bill today.  There are scenarios that have been developed by people much smarter then me that would nearly curl your hair, to think that our government would have, or even want to have for that matter, such a level of control over every aspect of our lives.

A provision that will effect every person in the land is the idea of Carbon Swapping.  What this means is not a simple thing.  If it were they wouldn’t use it, because we might be able to understand it.  Simply put though, every single item you own, or ever will own in the future, will have a ‘carbon footprint’.  This means how much CO2 is exhausted into the air by it, or as a result of it. That is everything you have, including yourself, your kids, your car, and yes, even your dog.  The meat you buy for dinner tonight will have a ‘carbon foot print’ because of the process it took to bring it to you, and the truck it was shipped on, among many other considerations.

This definition does not go nearly as far as I could to explain it, but I think you get the idea.  According to the government, each person will be given a number of ‘carbon credits’ that you will use against the amount of evil CO2 you use or produce each year.  You need to be very careful though, and use them wisely, because you only get so many each year.  If you run out, you will have to buy more to cover the rest of the year.  Now, I’ll bet you can guess who you will have to buy them from, can’t you?  Of course!  From  your local government ‘carbon credits’ dealer.  Who else??  Now is it just me, or does this sound like a SCAM to you too??

The government makes the law; the government decides the ‘carbon footprint’ of every item; the government decides what your quota of ‘carbon credits’ will be; the government sells you the extra ‘carbon credits’ you will need for the year; the government sets the price of the ‘carbon credits’; and finally, the government will decide how much jail time you will do if you refuse to pay.

Wait a minute!!  I just thought of something.  Doesn’t that really sounds a lot like what the government is doing with Health Care Insurance?   I wonder if there is a pattern here?