Energy Tax Grab Concealed by Climate Change

WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Barrasso responds to Senators Boxer and Kerry introducing a massive energy tax disguised as a climate change bill – minus the details.

“The Energy Tax bill contains dozens of “fill in the blank sections.”  The text is littered with empty brackets.  These empty brackets conceal the hidden taxes that will cost thousands in Wyoming their jobs.”

“The Kerry/Boxer bill gives new meaning to the term tax bracket.”

“This bill is nothing more than a massive energy tax deliberately masked by climate change.”

“We teach our children to never sign a blank check or blank contract.  The Kerry/ Boxer bill creates the largest energy tax grab in American history.  The American people will not stand for this masquerade.  The U.S. Senate should reject it.” 

“According to a recent Heritage Foundation study, a similar energy tax passed in the House of Representatives will cost 1.9 million American jobs by 2012.  This number will jump to 2.5 million jobs lost by 2035.”

“In just three years, a family of four will pay an extra $426 each year in energy costs. Over time, that same family will pay an additional $1,241 in energy costs.  The study says that gasoline prices will increase by 58 percent.  Electricity prices will nearly double.”

“The Devil is in the details. American families cannot afford this massive tax gamble.  This ‘fill in the blanks’ scheme will surely cost American jobs.”

“What are Senators Kerry and Boxer so ashamed of?  What are they trying to hide?”