First Name | David |
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Last Name | MCGLASSON |
Email Address | d_mcglasson@yahoo.com |
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Subject | Cap & Trade Regulations |
Comment | Implementation of any sort of cap and trade regulation in California promises to increase our already-nation's-worst unemplyment, raise our already-high gasoline and electric utility costs, and increase the rate at which businesses choose to leave (or simply not come to) our fair state. While the issue of global climate change is important and should be given due attention, we in California simply cannot afford a Quixotic attempt to halt carbon emissions at our borders. We live in a large nation along with 49 other state economies, and in a very flat international economy where we are required to compete against other nations which are not burdened with our cost of labor or regulations, much less an internationally-unique burden like cap and trade. I suppose CARB has the administrative power to make this regulations happen. The sad fact is that if you choose to do so, you will find yourself exercising more and more control over fewer and fewer people, with a smaller and smaller budget due to ever-declining tax revenues. And all that will be your fault, for failing to understand your place in a much larger universe. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-11-30 20:01:46 |
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