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Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:08:48 -0700

 

 

 

JAMES GUTTROMSON <charjimg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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All

Homeowners:

 

So, you don't want to be bothered with "Political stuff?" You'd

better read this one . It will come as a huge shock to you if you

aren't informed as to what the Actors and Lawyers in Washington say

that are representing the American PEOPLE are up to now, and

apparently, it has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little

now to put it into actual law!

 

If you own your home, you really need to check this out at the end of

this email is the Google link to verify .. If the country thinks the

housing market is depressed now, wait until everyone sees this no one

will be buying homes in the future.

 

 

I encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that

has passed the House of Representatives and being considered by the

Senate. This Congress and whoever on their staffs that write this junk

are truly out to destroy the middle class of the U.S.A.

 

A License will be required for your house...no longer just for cars

and mobile homes. Are you thinking about selling your house? Look

at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable!

 

This is only the beginning from this administration! Homeowners take

note & tell your friends and relatives who are homeowners!

Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be

able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy

and water efficiency standards of this Act. H.R. 2454, the "Cap &

Trade" bill passed by the House of Representatives, if it is also

passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has

ever experienced.

 

The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates

that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will

be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes

feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure these voters will get

a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new

cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class America will have to pay even

more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone

else.

 

 

But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read)

has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year

from now you won't be able to sell your house. Yes, you read that

right. The caveat is (there always is a caveat) that if you have enough

money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell

it. However, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile

homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling

your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.

 

 

To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of

your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new

energy efficiency requirement is and you will be forced to make

modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act to

comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements. Then you

will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a

"label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what

your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star

efficiency-rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you

don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell.

 

 

 

In addition, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the

standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency

increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the

President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American

Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any

future changes to the regulations and standards he alone determines to

be in the government's best interest.

 

Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress;

then the Administrator can set much tougher new standards every year.

The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency

for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA

administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 Building

Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase

the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America .

 

Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell

your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water

efficiency standards of this Act. You had better sell soon, because the

standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (I.e.,

ex$pen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody! The Act allows the

government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply

with the retrofit program requirements if and only if you meet certain

energy efficiency levels.

 

But, wait, the states can set additional requirements on who qualifies

to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as "can't

have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't

be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class

and prevent them from qualifying for the grants. Most of us won't get a

dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our

own pockets.

 

More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204

Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling

program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved

energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the

residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of

this Act."

 

This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the

U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M

each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the

Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help

enforce the labeling program. Of course, some of this money will be

spent on coming up with tougher standards each year. The label will be

like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in

a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell

your home without having this label. And, just like your car license,

you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe

every year.

 

The government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency

of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they

said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in

California it would only cost $15. That was when the program started.

Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate; a 333%

increase. Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304

Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy

efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at

304(d) that 1 year after enactment of this Act, all state and local

jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency

provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government

that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full

compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.

 

CHECK IT OUT; the link below will bring up several websites confirming

this information. www.google.com/search?hl=en & source=hp & ie=ISO-8859-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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