Comments on: Study: Cap-and-trade will cost U.S. families $1,200 a year http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/06/15/study-cap-and-trade-will-cost-us-families-1200-a-year/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JeffDB http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/06/15/study-cap-and-trade-will-cost-us-families-1200-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-329 JeffDB Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:47:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=420#comment-329 The above link wasn't working for me, but I found the source article (1) which had the link you were shooting for, I believe: http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/24472.html "Using RIMS II multipliers we estimate the broader economic impact of cap and trade. Depending on how the system is structured, cap and trade could reduce U.S. employment by 965,000 jobs, household earnings by $37.8 billion, and economic output by $136 billion per year or roughly $1,145 per household. Lawmakers weighing the costs and benefits of climate policy should be aware that cap and trade would impose a significant and regressive annual burden on U.S. households, and would not represent a "tax free" way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." 1). http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/24750.html The above link wasn’t working for me, but I found the source article (1) which had the link you were shooting for, I believe:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/publication s/show/24472.html

“Using RIMS II multipliers we estimate the broader economic impact of cap and trade. Depending on how the system is structured, cap and trade could reduce U.S. employment by 965,000 jobs, household earnings by $37.8 billion, and economic output by $136 billion per year or roughly $1,145 per household. Lawmakers weighing the costs and benefits of climate policy should be aware that cap and trade would impose a significant and regressive annual burden on U.S. households, and would not represent a “tax free” way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

1). http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/2 4750.html

]]> By: Paul Moyer http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/06/15/study-cap-and-trade-will-cost-us-families-1200-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Paul Moyer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=420#comment-196 If we can have an immediate impact on climate why can't we do something about the weather[see Mark Twain]? Maybe I'm looking at too big a picture here[geologic vs biologic]. If we can have an immediate impact on climate why can’t we do something about the weather[see Mark Twain]? Maybe I’m looking at too big a picture here[geologic vs biologic].

]]> By: Paul Moyer http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/06/15/study-cap-and-trade-will-cost-us-families-1200-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Paul Moyer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=420#comment-195 I would like to hear what the Federation of American Scientist have to say about Cap-and-Trade. I would like to hear what the Federation of American Scientist have to say about Cap-and-Trade.

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