>STAR-LEDGER EDITORIAL BOARD ADMITS RGGI CAP & TRADE SCHEME NOTHING BUT A TAX!
Yesterday, the Star-Ledger editorial board tried to mount a defense of the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme. In their zeal to defend the indefensible, the seers at The Star-Ledger admitted the truth: RGGI is nothing but a tax!
Indeed, the Star-Ledger editorialists state that the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme should be kept in order to “help balance the state budget.” Further, they opine that:
“…the state needs the money. Christie grabbed all the $65 million to help balance the budget this year. Our hope is that he will divert some of it to green energy programs.”
Put another way, the Ledger editorialists are fine with the RGGI Cap & Trade tax so long as a few pennies go to feel-good “green” programs that will have no impact on the environment and so-called “global climate change.”
In fact, the Ledger editorialists even admit that the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme was intended to get the proverbial foot in the door:
“The main point was political – it was a first, small step, an attempt to prod Washington to act by showing how a cap-and-trade system might work.”
Your electricity rates “necessarily skyrocketing” and jobs being lost in New Jersey? That would just be the logical price to pay down the road.
The Ranks of Legislators Supporting the Repeal of the RGGI Cap & Trade Tax Grows
The momentum to withdraw New Jersey from RGGI and repeal this economically destructive energy tax continues to grow. Within the past week, Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-01) and Senator Diane Allen (R-07) have signed on as co-sponsors.
The repeal legislation now has the support of 44 lawmakers – including 15 in the Senate and 28 in the General Assembly.
Help keep the pressure on!
Contact Governor Christie at 609-292-6000 and let him know that you will support him in pulling New Jersey out of RGGI!
