The government is going green with cap and trade legislation! Kinda… Calculate your Cap and Trade tax burden! Visit the Tax Foundation website: www.taxfoundation.org LYRICS We’re gonna… Cap and trade all carbon emissions gonna cap and trade that will be our mission We’re gonna cap and trade see what I mean the government is going green today… We cap and trade. See cap and trade charges folks for releasing carbon like companies that use vehicles that park and utilities and factories who pass the cost to people who will pay for cap and trade It sounds like cap and trade is a tax we pay then No sir, cap and trade is just a regulation See tax is when there’s money spent this is just a fee to the government Okay? It’s cap and trade. So with cap and trade won’t things be more expensive? Well just…everything but don’t be so apprehensive Just clothes and food and heating bills and anything that needs to be shipped will be raised with cap and trade. But how is cap and trade not a tax there, sonny when we all have to pay the government our money You don’t seem to understand my friend we’re going green, doesn’t that make sense? they’ll pay for cap and trade. Sounds like cap and trade is some sort of weird humor because these fees will just be passed on to the consumer Yes, but check this chart you’ll see for sure the biggest burden will be on the poor who’ll pay for cap and trade See who cares if cost of most goods go higher? And household income levels all go down? and if estimated environmental impact is not really calculable,,, Oh, what a scene, I’m really keen the government is going green We’re going green with cap and trade!