Bart Gordon Protest on Cap and Trade
Story Published:
May 22, 2009 at 1:05 PM CST
Story Updated:
May 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM CST
Citizens angered over the “Cap and Trade” bill going through congress right now gathered with signs at Bart Gordon's office on the Cookeville Square trying to get their message out in opposition of this bill on Thursday afternoon.
Dr. Lee Douglas, who practices in Cookeville, had organized a group that was present to speak out against this bill.
Dr. Douglas stated that this Cap and Trade bill is “just another mechanism for taxation”.
Continuing on, he said that every company that makes something would then pass their increased costs from this bill onto us.
He is concerned that everything from milk to car prices could escalade from this bill, also stating that the U.S. Government would be imposing a tax on every business which grows in the name of protecting the environment.
It could meand that even farmers increasing their cattle herd size will have to pay more tax.
Trucking companies increasing their growth could have to pay more tax,
Many of the other protesters were in agreement speaking out about the “Cap and Trade” bill being a hidden tax on the public.
Dr. Douglas also stated that the "science" congress claims to be using is selective science.
As the citizens started to gather outside Congressman Bart Gordon’s office the focus quickly shifted from a “Cap and Trade” protest to include many concerned citizens wanting to speak out about their passions and concerns on everything from the “Cap and Trade” bill to big government taxation, health care, wanting the citizens to be represented more than the democratic party, transparency and ear marks.
Passers by honked as they drove by motivating the crowd to continue chanting, "Hey Hey Ho Ho Bart Gordon’s got to go."
Bart Gordon is involved in the “Cap and Trade” issue that congress is set to take up later this month.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, on which U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon serves has been debating the matter all week and could come to a vote Thursday.
The Cap and Trade bill going through Congress seems to have good goals: cutting pollution and leading the nation toward energy independence.
This bill would set a cap on the amount of pollution, primarily carbon emissions, that could be created.
Companies that fall below their cap could sell credits to companies that go over their mandated pollution levels.
But not everybody is convinced that this approach would be effective. Tennessee however needs to consider this bill very heavily if this is to work for the Volunteer State.
We depend heavily on coal and we don’t have enough windy or sunny days to make that type of power work efficiently.
There is plenty of hydroelectric power, but that might not be counted as a renewable energy source.
