Next from Barry, Harry and Nanci:
Thinking about selling your house. Take a look at H.R. 2454
(Cap and Trade bill), that has passed the House of Representatives and being
considered by the Senate.
Home owners take note & tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!
Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able
to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water
efficiency standards of this Act.
H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade" bill will be the largest tax increase any of us
has ever experienced.
The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in
just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per
year. No one is excluded.
A year from now you won't be able to sell your house.
The caveat is, that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades
to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even
pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill
prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA
administrator.
To get this permission,you will have to have the energy efficiency of your
home measured. Cost $200 to start. Then the government will tell you what
your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be forced to make
modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act to
comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements, which easily
could cost over $50,000.
Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license
(called a "label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show
what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency
rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a
high enough rating, you can't sell.
And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year,
even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act.
The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade
program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is
authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards
he/she alone determines to be in the government's best interest.
Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress; then the
Administrator can set much tougher new standards every year.
The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for
private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA
administrator can set higher standards at any time.Sect. 202 Building
Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy
efficiency of all existing homes across America.
The label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post
the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to
sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license,
you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe
every year.
The government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your
home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about
the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California it
would only cost $15.
That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the
inspection and certificate; a 333% increase. Expect the same from the home
labeling program.
CHECK OUT Just a few of the sites;
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f14/cap-and-trade-license-required-your-home-44750/
HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454 Cap & Trade A license required for your home:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-a-license-required-for-your-home.html
Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/oped_contributors/Cap-and-trade-is-a-license-to-cheat-and-steal-45371937.html
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:
http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/01/thinking-about-selling-your-house-a-look-at-h-r-2454-cap-and-trade-bill/
If you oppose any of this you are a dangerous racist, [or Uncle Tom].
