{"id":909,"date":"2009-06-26T15:14:31","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T22:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/truthsquad\/2009\/06\/26\/this-is-getting-ridiculous\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T22:14:31","slug":"this-is-getting-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/26\/this-is-getting-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Getting Ridiculous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claim:<\/h3>\n

“This will impose a Pelosi global warming tax\u2026 almost $3000 per family”<\/p>\n

— Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), 6\/26\/09<\/p>\n

“[The American Clean Energy and Security Act is a]\u00a0Transfer of wealth bill .. [Americans will see] $1300 and $3100 in bills .. The taxpayer is the big loser”<\/p>\n

— Rep. Marcia Blackburn (R-TN), 6\/26\/09<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Truth:<\/h3>\n

OH FOR PETE’S SAKE.<\/p>\n

How many times do we have to correct this falsehood? The claim that ACES will cost families “$3,100” was first made in a March press release from the National Republican Congressional Committee.<\/p>\n

The NRCC said its number was based on an MIT analysis of cap and trade legislation. But John Reilly, the author of the MIT study, wrote a letter to the NRCC telling them their math was incorrect.<\/p>\n

Reilly’s comments on the $3100 claim: “It’s just wrong. It’s wrong in so many ways it’s hard to begin.” And yet, people keep using it.<\/p>\n

Here are the accurate figures: an EPA analysis puts the cost of a carbon cap on at $88-$140 per household per year over the life of the program \u2013 or about a dime a day per person. The Congressional Budget Office did a separate analysis and got similar results. Both studies show we could get all the benefits of a carbon cap for less than the cost of a postage stamp per day per family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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