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Thank You Newt. I have been a supporter of Newt Gingrich since he proposed the Contract for America. He seems to me to be the only Speaker of the House to accomplish anything useful over the past ten years.
Thank you for sticking it to Sen. Waxman. I can't tell you how proud I was when you said, "I don't think of American Citizens as foreign dictators." Our government should not be punishing producers. I'm all for giving rewards to those who reduce their energy usage, or reduce carbon emissions, but not at a cost to production. Plants will just shutdown and move elsewhere with their jobs.
Do these people in both houses of Congress understand that it takes energy to produce things. If you tax that energy you raise the price of whatever it produced. That could be electricity that heats and cools my house. I'd like to see the Congressman and Senators turn their air conditioners of in July and August, the hottest most humid part of the summer. And President Obama keep that thermostat down at 70 instead of 75 or more during the winter. I won't hold my breath.
We did not enter the Kyoto Treaty because it gave exceptions
to India and China, as they were developing. However the funny thing is, according to Democrat Rep. John Dingell, both countries, "have indicated that they will be developing countries for always, that creates a problem." The problem is we can shoulder this burden on our own. If one side believed we can't fight the war on terror alone, why do they believe we can fight this war on global warming alone.
I also agree with Mr. Gingrich, and was proud to here him clearly state to Senator Waxman, that, "I don't think Lincoln's government of the people, by the people, and for the people, should be turned into a government punishing the people."