<![CDATA[Waxman-Markey's "Postage Stamp" Costs Transfer Wealth from the Poor to the Rich]]>

1.0 link 229000 <![CDATA[Waxman-Markey's "Postage Stamp" Costs Transfer Wealth from the Poor to the Rich]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/waxman-markeys-postage-st_b_229000.html The Democrats used a nice talking point during the House's Waxman-Markey climate bill debate. They said that the bill will only cost a "postage stamp per day." The basis for the talking point was a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimating an annual cost of "$175 per household in 2020" or "48 cents a day." This was parroted by Al Gore, Joe Romm and Climate Progress, and Think Progress. Paul Krugman's June 22 NYT...

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