Comments on: Cap-and-Trade Depends on Obama’s Health Care Success http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/16/cap-and-trade-depends-on-obamas-health-care-success/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Johnny Goston http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/16/cap-and-trade-depends-on-obamas-health-care-success/comment-page-1/#comment-98512 Johnny Goston Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:12 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3596#comment-98512 I must say, I enjoy reading this blog. Could let me know how I could subscribing with it? I feel I should let you know I found your blog through Yahoo. I must say, I enjoy reading this blog. Could let me know how I could subscribing with it? I feel I should let you know I found your blog through Yahoo.

]]> By: Joe Walsh http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/16/cap-and-trade-depends-on-obamas-health-care-success/comment-page-1/#comment-68253 Joe Walsh Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:15:58 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3596#comment-68253 Greg: Thanks for reading, though I have to take some exception to the criticism. The Obama campaign and Organizing for America all the way up until about late March had still posted campaign documents that called for cap-and-trade revenue to pay for his health care plan. While the current bills do not include that, they are still far from finalized and the point of the post is that this will find its way BACK IN, especially if there is a trigger. I'll post a link to the Obama plan on carbon paying for health care. Greg:

Thanks for reading, though I have to take some exception to the criticism. The Obama campaign and Organizing for America all the way up until about late March had still posted campaign documents that called for cap-and-trade revenue to pay for his health care plan.

While the current bills do not include that, they are still far from finalized and the point of the post is that this will find its way BACK IN, especially if there is a trigger.

I'll post a link to the Obama plan on carbon paying for health care.

]]> By: CTF http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/16/cap-and-trade-depends-on-obamas-health-care-success/comment-page-1/#comment-68200 CTF Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:45:59 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3596#comment-68200 I also think there's a case to be made that a revenue-neutral carbon tax could be global climate strategy's salvation. In fact, The Age did an intereting story about it today that included research from former Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration, Robert Shapiro, and Dr Joseph Mason, of the Ourso School of Business at LSU and a senior fellow at the Wharton School. I also think there's a case to be made that a revenue-neutral carbon tax could be global climate strategy's salvation. In fact, The Age did an intereting story about it today that included research from former Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration, Robert Shapiro, and Dr Joseph Mason, of the Ourso School of Business at LSU and a senior fellow at the Wharton School.

]]> By: Greg http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/16/cap-and-trade-depends-on-obamas-health-care-success/comment-page-1/#comment-68146 Greg Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:09 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3596#comment-68146 This article is written by someone who obviously doesn't follow Congress at all. Read the healthcare bills they are paid for by cuts in subsidies to insurance companies, reduced waste, etc. and increased taxes either on the insurance companies or on the rich. The healthcare bills will all be deficit neutral with no involvement of cap-and-trade. Also it needs to be this way since the money raised in the auction in cap-and-trade is needs to be used to reduce the effect on the poor (either via an extension of the Making Work Pay tax credit as suggested by Obama or via giving credits free to the regulated local utilities as in the House bill). Again, this article is shockingly misinformed. This article is written by someone who obviously doesn't follow Congress at all. Read the healthcare bills they are paid for by cuts in subsidies to insurance companies, reduced waste, etc. and increased taxes either on the insurance companies or on the rich. The healthcare bills will all be deficit neutral with no involvement of cap-and-trade.

Also it needs to be this way since the money raised in the auction in cap-and-trade is needs to be used to reduce the effect on the poor (either via an extension of the Making Work Pay tax credit as suggested by Obama or via giving credits free to the regulated local utilities as in the House bill).

Again, this article is shockingly misinformed.

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