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]]> By: Aubrey Immelman http://www.immelman.us/news/a-rash-of-lies-and-falsehoods/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Aubrey Immelman Sat, 02 May 2009 01:41:42 +0000 http://www.immelman.us/?p=362#comment-191 MIT professor John Reilly, saying he made "a boneheaded mistake in an excel spread sheet," adjusted his original cost estimate for cap and trade ($215 annually per household) upward to $800. However, many Republicans, including Rep. Bachmann, add that figure to the $3,100 originally cited in press releases distributed by the National Republican Congressional Committee, yielding a figure of $3,900 per household per year. I don't have the background and training to calculate the cost independently; however, below is a link to an analysis by the American Energy Alliance addressing "The $3,100 Question: How Much Will Cap and Trade Cost Households?" http://tinyurl.com/AEA-Cap-and-Trade-Cost Seems it will cost $800, $3,100, or $3,900 -- depending on how you slice and dice it. Either way, the current cap-and-trade proposal seems like a bad idea -- too expensive and too many ways to game the system. Until someone establishes the actual cost of cap and trade for taxpayers, I reserve judgment on the figures Rep. Bachmann cited in her April 7 op-ed in the Star Tribune. They could be correct. MIT professor John Reilly, saying he made “a boneheaded mistake in an excel spread sheet,” adjusted his original cost estimate for cap and trade ($215 annually per household) upward to $800.

However, many Republicans, including Rep. Bachmann, add that figure to the $3,100 originally cited in press releases distributed by the National Republican Congressional Committee, yielding a figure of $3,900 per household per year.

I don’t have the background and training to calculate the cost independently; however, below is a link to an analysis by the American Energy Alliance addressing “The $3,100 Question: How Much Will Cap and Trade Cost Households?”

http://tinyurl.com/AEA-Cap-and-Trade-Cost

Seems it will cost $800, $3,100, or $3,900 — depending on how you slice and dice it.

Either way, the current cap-and-trade proposal seems like a bad idea — too expensive and too many ways to game the system.

Until someone establishes the actual cost of cap and trade for taxpayers, I reserve judgment on the figures Rep. Bachmann cited in her April 7 op-ed in the Star Tribune. They could be correct.

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