I just received this email from National Taxpayers Union

Don’t Let Congress Sneak Through a $2 Trillion Climate Tax!

Dear Anonymous,

Surprise! After telling everyone they’d wait until after the 4th of July to vote on a so-called “cap-and-trade” energy tax, leaders in Congress took action in the dark of night Monday to bring it up for a vote this week! Liberals in the House of Representatives are trying to sneak through with little debate the largest tax hike in the history of the world: over $2 trillion.

By effectively placing a tax on carbon dioxide, this bill would raise costs on anyone and anything that uses energy. This climate tax is not the way to help us turn the corner on today’s difficult economy, and pushing through a 1,200 page bill that nobody has read is not the transparency and honesty we were promised.

Can your family afford another $4,600 in energy costs? If not, there’s only one way that we can stop this disaster from becoming law: burning up phone lines and stuffing email boxes in Congress with messages of opposition!

BTW, I do not think calling will make a difference.

An overwhelming response could delay the vote. Perhaps a better strategy would be to reach out to your neighbors about the issue and change their thoughts about combating “climate change.”

2 trillion dollars a year is pretty damn close to the projected US deficit for 2009 and the next few years, 1.8 trillion a year. Follow the money as Deep Throat said.

Another reason for emigration, sigh.