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Call your Senators and Representative at 202-224-3121 Vote no on HR 2454 Cap and Trade Tax

Even with the recent news that Harry Reid has delayed the Senate's vote on H.R. 2454, the Cap and Trade Energy Tax, we need to keep the pressure on.

When the bill was working its way through the House, the calls were "as much as 19-1" in opposition of the legislation. We can do at least that well again in the Senate.

What is the "Cap and Trade" National Energy Tax?

The national energy tax is an effort by Washington, DC to change the way Americans use energy by imposing a "cap" or a limit on carbon emissions. But instead of relying on incentives, innovation and new technology, it would create a new tax system, like the income tax, on the energy use of every business, and by default every individual, in America.

When a similar system was implemented in the European Union, it didn't actually reduce carbon emissions, but allowed major corporations to make big money by fixing the rules in their favor, while passing on the costs to consumers and small businesses as indirect taxes.

How Will the National Energy Tax Affect You? It would...

1. Raise an average family's energy bill by $1,500 annually.
2. Raise gasoline prices by 74 percent.*
3. Destroy between 1,105,000 and 2,479,000 American jobs on average, per year.
4. Raise electricity rates by 90 percent.*
5. Be equal to a tax of $846 billion from 2010 to 2019.
6. Reduce GDP by 2.5% by 2050.
7. Increase the federal debt by 26 percent, or $29,150 per person.*

*Adjusted for inflation
Sources: 1-4, 7; Heritage Foundation. 6; Brookings Institute. 5; Congressional Budget Office.

What You Can Do

• Sign the Petition to Stop the Energy Tax at www.americansolutions.com/ener gytax.
• Call your Senators and Representative at 202-224-3121

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