What’s in a name? Apparently, nothing conducive to green oppression if it’s “cap-and-trade.”
The White House is looking to replace the term “cap-and-trade” with something more exciting to the public, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. According to the Times,
Today, aides in Obama’s Council on Environmental Quality will meet with a research and marketing group that is promoting an alternative to the phrase “global warming,” which some pollsters say fails to capture the idea of greenhouse gases threatening the environment.
“There is value in trying to get the messaging right,” said a senior White House environmental aide, who was not authorized to speak on the record. “Because at the end of the day this is tricky policy. . . . We want to make sure we’re talking in a way that people understand.”
Let’s save the taxpayers some money.
E-mail your suggested alternative to “cap-and-trade” to junkman@junkscience.com
The best entry received by Monday, May 18, 2009 wins an autographed copy of Steve Milloy’s new book, Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them.
So put your thinking caps on — no recycling “cap-and-tax” or “cap-and-charade” — it won’t be easy to buff the cap-and-trade turd into a popsicle!
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February 22, 2011 at 5:26 pm
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May 15, 2009 at 10:09 am
The Audacity of Hope Tax
The No Dollar Left Behind Tax
The Cap and Dark Glasses Disguise Tax
But my favorite is
Cap Your Income
May 16, 2009 at 12:48 am
>>The No Dollar Left Behind Tax
that’s very good. props.
May 15, 2009 at 4:24 am
“glorious change initiative”
“people’s great hope tax”
“great leader’s progress assessment”
“people’s science initiative”
“the great leap forward”
all those are copyrighted by me. except “the great leap forward” which is an old chicom slogan.
May 14, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Lunacy and spend
May 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Building Beijing
May 14, 2009 at 4:21 am
Tarred and feathered tax?
May 13, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Since I already sent you my lame ideas, I thought you might like to know about this other Re-branding campaign.
http://cbullitt.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/agw-big-lie-hits-the-airwaves-re-branding-the-waxman-markey-energy-bill/
May 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Cap and Charade
May 13, 2009 at 2:16 pm
the “just another way to take some money off you” tax?
or perhaps “the economy is in the crap, so lets give it another push” tax?
“(environmental)protection tax”?
May 13, 2009 at 1:08 pm
[…] and trade,” by contrast, ranked next to last, with only 7% registering enthusiasm. Green Hell Blog is running a naming contest. Submit the best alternative to cap and trade and win a copy of Steve […]
May 13, 2009 at 10:54 am
The “Rape and Pillage” tax? This actually has a dual meaning – the Greenies will use it because they consider it a tax on those who “rape and pillage” the earth, while the rest of us will understand it’s actually raping and pillaging our energy-based economy!
May 13, 2009 at 8:58 am
The China Stimulus Program
May 13, 2009 at 9:08 am
SLAP & FADE( The tax burden and the country’s destiny, respectively].
May 13, 2009 at 7:36 am
Choke and bury.
May 13, 2009 at 3:59 am
sap&pay
May 12, 2009 at 8:54 pm
As clever as some of these are–didn’t anyone read the instructions?
May 14, 2009 at 10:30 am
Don’t tax, don’t sell [i.e. don’t tax carbon emissions and don’t sell carbon credits]
May 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Tax and Ration …
May 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Crap and Slave?
May 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm
The deceive and enslave tax.
Honest, understandable and to the point.
May 12, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Trap & Raid
May 12, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Slap-and-tax
May 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Gore Climax Tax
May 12, 2009 at 5:00 pm
How about: coming to CO2 tax u
May 12, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Goreing for Dollars
May 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Obamanable Snoman Tax?
May 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Climate Tax
May 12, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Gaia Tithe
May 12, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Capn’-Economic-Crunch?