Friday, June 26, 2009
"It's a Cookbook!"
The phony promises of this cap'n crunch bill remind me of two themes from American entertainment. First, Charlton Heston's immortal cry, "Soylent Green. . . it's people!" Second, the classic Twilight Zone episode in which the Kanimids, giants from another world, arrive on earth and fix all of earth's problems with their advanced technology. They then begin offering tours of their planet to the grateful earthlings. After it's too late, the American cryptologist figures out that the mysterious Kanimid book, entitled "To Serve Man," is a cookbook. Hence, the immortal line, "Mr. Chambers! That book, 'To Serve Man': it's a cookbook!" It is, unfortunately, too late for Mr. Chambers, who is off to become some giant's meal. If this nonsense passes, we, too, will learn that "it's a cookbook!"
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Of course this whole cap and trade all depends upon your belief in man made global warming. I agree for the most part that Cap and Trade as currently passed by the house sucks. Way to much government oversight on the citizentry, although I will grant a lot of that oversight is somewhat voluntary by the states. There should have been a corresponding reduction in the income tax or the payroll tax to offset the higher energy costs for the consumer. There are a lot of tax credits available for energy efficiency and I might make enough money to take advantage of some of them, but I question how many people can actually use that to their advantage. I am all for energy efficiency and that can be done in separate legislation. I doubt it will pass the senate since the house vote was so close, but if it does one can only hope the final version is much better than what's been passed so far.
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