Classified National Security Agency response cannot be released

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The new energy tax scheme proposed by Democrats may result in a ‘green collar’ crime wave, Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) believes. 

“This is Enron, part two.  Another Wall Street ponzi scheme dreamed up by bankers and brokers. These are the same financial players who crushed the dreams of so many hardworking Americans.”

Barrasso made the comments following a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing into the Waxman-Markey Energy Tax Bill.

Senator Barrasso contacted the National Security Agency (NSA) regarding INTERPOLS’s claim that the energy tax scheme is vulnerable to organized crime.  The classified NSA response cannot be published.

“We are approaching the anniversary of the biggest bailout in Washington’s history.  The collapse of Wall Street cost taxpayers billions in lost savings,” Barrasso said.  “Now Democrats have a massive new energy tax scheme that is so complex, it will inevitably lead to corruption and green collar crime.” 

The House of Representatives already passed climate change legislation introduced by Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA). The 1,427-page bill would restrict greenhouse gas emissions from large and small businesses.

“Taxing every family and small business because of the energy they consume is only going to slow the economy and cost thousands of jobs,” Barrasso said. “We shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the past by creating a massive energy tax scheme that will hurt Main Street and will only benefit Wall Street.”

If passed by the Senate, the Waxman-Markey bill would burden American families with thousands of dollars in direct and indirect energy costs every year.   According to a recent Heritage Foundation study, Waxman-Markey would impose $5.7 trillion in new taxes on Americans at a cost of 2.5 million jobs lost.