>Help Stop New Jersey’s Cap & Trade Program!
This Tuesday Americans for Prosperity will hold an important press conference rally in Morristown against Cap & Trade with Assemblywoman Alison McHose and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll.
If you are unwilling to pay twice as much for your electricity bill in the name of bogus “climate change,” then join us this Tuesday to help put a stop to New Jersey’s Cap & Trade program.
Unbeknownst to many New Jerseyans, our state is already participating in a Cap & Trade program identical to the one Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are trying to ram though in Washington. The Cap & Trade program is called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI – a coalition of ten northeastern states from Maine to Maryland.
RGGI is being looked at as a model for a federal program. In fact, the bill’s language actually states that it is a prelude to a federal program.
That’s why it is no coincidence that the current head of the EPA is none other than Lisa Jackson, the former head of the DEP under Jon Corzine.
Believe it or not, RGGI has already held seven auctions of carbon permits since 2008 which has amassed a whopping $660M! This cost will be passed along to consumers in the way of higher and higher energy costs.
The Heritage Foundation analysis of the Waxman-Markey Cap & Trade bill estimates that by 2020 New Jerseyans could pay 58% more for gas and 90% more for electricity. An estimated 65,000 jobs could be lost. Cap & Trade is nothing less than a stealth energy tax that will cause irreparable harm to our economy.
That’s why you and I need to stop this program now.
On Tuesday, we will join with Assemblywoman Alison McHose and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll who have introduced legislation to repeal RGGI and end New Jersey’s participation in this program.
You and I need to stand up with these two courageous lawmakers and send a strong message to Trenton that taxpayers will not allow Cap & Trade to take root in our state.
If you would like to join us on Tuesday, please contact our office at (201) 487-8844 or e-mail our Communications Director, Mike Proto, & mailto:mproto@afphq.org > mproto@afphq.org
for more details. We will also need volunteers on Monday to help us prepare for this important press conference.
On to Victory,
Steve Lonegan
State Director
Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey,
24 River Road, Suite 205, Bogota, NJ 07603
