What impact would bypassing Congress and implementing Cap&Tax/Amnesty have on the US?

Patranus

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There has been discussion that the executive branch would have the EPA bypass Congress and implement Cap & Trade.

Today the Washington Times is reporting that the executive branch might try a similar method with amnesty for illegal aliens.

With Congress gridlocked on an immigration bill, the Obama administration is considering using a back door to stop deporting many illegal immigrants - what a draft government memo said could be "a non-legislative version of amnesty."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/memo-outlines-backdoor-amnesty-plan-for-obama/

My question is no so much about the action of the executive branch in terms of immigration rather the impact on government and the result of of congress making itself irrelevant.
 

Jaskalas

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What impact would bypassing Congress and implementing Cap&Tax/Amnesty have on the US?

I think it'd cause many Democrats here to soil themselves when the next Republican arrives at the Presidency with those new found dictatorial powers.
 

Svnla

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We did try that already, the big amnesty in 1986. Look how things (ILLEGAL immigration) turn out now.
 

Patranus

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We did try that already, the big amnesty in 1986. Look how things (ILLEGAL immigration) turn out now.

Again, amnesty isn't the issue rather implementing it not through law but through the executive branch.
 

DesiPower

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If he starts now, he might be able to add 11 mil new voters just in time for the next election. Its a good move, might guarantee him another 4 years. He might need one more bill to introduce a new rule that allows them to vote. As for as "US" is concerned? who the eff cares??? Let china sweat over it...
 

Svnla

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Again, amnesty isn't the issue rather implementing it not through law but through the executive branch.

If BO pull a stunt like that, I and millions of LEGAL immigrants/citizens will be sure that he will be a one term President.

Polls after polls after polls show the majority of Americans (except the ILLEGALS and their lovers) are against ILLEGAL immigrants. So far, not one, zero, nada, zip, of any polls show otherwise.
 

woolfe9999

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There has been discussion that the executive branch would have the EPA bypass Congress and implement Cap & Trade.

Today the Washington Times is reporting that the executive branch might try a similar method with amnesty for illegal aliens.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/memo-outlines-backdoor-amnesty-plan-for-obama/

My question is no so much about the action of the executive branch in terms of immigration rather the impact on government and the result of of congress making itself irrelevant.

What is this talk of the EPA implementing cap and trade? So far as I know, the EPA has no power to impose taxation on anyone. They can impose environment regulations, but not taxes.

- wolf
 

daishi5

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What is this talk of the EPA implementing cap and trade? So far as I know, the EPA has no power to impose taxation on anyone. They can impose environment regulations, but not taxes.

- wolf


Wouldn't cap and trade be a regulation, and not a tax? It has a cost, but in most implementations the government wouldn't be collecting tax money.
 

Red Dawn

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If BO pull a stunt like that, I and millions of LEGAL immigrants/citizens will be sure that he will be a one term President.

Polls after polls after polls show the majority of Americans (except the ILLEGALS and their lovers) are against ILLEGAL immigrants. So far, not one, zero, nada, zip, of any polls show otherwise.
Yep and when we get rid of the illegals you guys will be next.
 

RedCOMET

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If BO pull a stunt like that, I and millions of LEGAL immigrants/citizens will be sure that he will be a one term President.

Polls after polls after polls show the majority of Americans (except the ILLEGALS and their lovers) are against ILLEGAL immigrants. So far, not one, zero, nada, zip, of any polls show otherwise.

The thing is... we don't want the president using polling "data" to make decisions.... if we did that well, shit that could be bad.

On the other hand.. most of the news stations are showing protesters of the bill in AZ.. not supporters of the bill. And news station presenters say silly shit like "well look at all the people that support the federal govt.. gee not a lot of people here showing their support for AZ and their fight against illegal immigration."
 

Svnla

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Yep and when we get rid of the illegals you guys will be next.

Maybe the green card holders, but not me.

<<----is a U.S. citizen and has a certificate with pretty picture and a Federal Judge signature to prove it. :D
 
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Svnla

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The thing is... we don't want the president using polling "data" to make decisions.... if we did that well, shit that could be bad.

On the other hand.. most of the news stations are showing protesters of the bill in AZ.. not supporters of the bill. And news station presenters say silly shit like "well look at all the people that support the federal govt.. gee not a lot of people here showing their support for AZ and their fight against illegal immigration."

We are not asking BO to do anything that "popular" or sound good. We are asking him, as the leader of the U.S., elected by us, the people, to uphold existing Federal Laws and protect the sovereign of the U.S.

I don't believe that is too much to ask, i.e. let the Federal government do their darn jobs that they were elect to do. Period.
 

Red Dawn

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Maybe the green card holders, but not me.

<<----is a U.S. citizen and has a certificate with pretty picture and a Federal Judge signature to prove it. :D
Just make sure you carry it at all times.
 

woolfe9999

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Wouldn't cap and trade be a regulation, and not a tax? It has a cost, but in most implementations the government wouldn't be collecting tax money.

My understanding of it as not being a tax in accordance with yours. However, conservatives refer to it routinely as "cap and tax," and indeed, Patranus did so in this very thread title. If he thinks it is a tax, I don't understand how he believes it can be implemented by the EPA, which has no power to levy taxes on anyone.

- wolf
 

piasabird

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Why not just revoke amnesty that was received last time, round them up and send them back. I think I could argue in court that the last amnesty was against the constitution and therefore it was invalid.
 

NoWhereM

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My understanding of it as not being a tax in accordance with yours. However, conservatives refer to it routinely as "cap and tax," and indeed, Patranus did so in this very thread title. If he thinks it is a tax, I don't understand how he believes it can be implemented by the EPA, which has no power to levy taxes on anyone.

- wolf

This article is a little out of date, http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20081230165231.aspx, but it appears the EPA is already trying to determine if they can implement Cap and Trade under the authority they already have from the Clean Air Act.
 

irwincur

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My understanding of it as not being a tax in accordance with yours. However, conservatives refer to it routinely as "cap and tax," and indeed, Patranus did so in this very thread title. If he thinks it is a tax, I don't understand how he believes it can be implemented by the EPA, which has no power to levy taxes on anyone.

- wolf

Really...

A fee imposed by the government is really just a hidden tax. The same way that when a city is broke they all of the sudden start writing parking tickets for rare infractions.

The EPA cannot tax, but they can charge penalties. In this case, almost no one would meet the requirement and would have to pay the penalty. A defacto tax on business.
 

woolfe9999

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Really...

A fee imposed by the government is really just a hidden tax. The same way that when a city is broke they all of the sudden start writing parking tickets for rare infractions.

The EPA cannot tax, but they can charge penalties. In this case, almost no one would meet the requirement and would have to pay the penalty. A defacto tax on business.

How do you know that "no one would meet the requirement" without knowing what the requirement would be? The caps can be set anywhere.

- wolf
 

rudder

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Why not just revoke amnesty that was received last time, round them up and send them back. I think I could argue in court that the last amnesty was against the constitution and therefore it was invalid.

Unfortunately the border has been unsecured for so long... it would take 1-2 decades to deport all of the people here illegally. Unless they actually went after businesses who employ illegals... then they may leave on their own accord.
 

hal2kilo

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Reagan pushed this crap off until he was dead. Not his problem lololol

And still the Repugs did nothing about imigration when they had the power 4 years ago. Imagine that!

Now they are having a grand old time demagogging something that they will do nothing about again when they get in power because it would piss off the cheap labor donors!
 

Aegeon

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If he starts now, he might be able to add 11 mil new voters just in time for the next election.
Actually, at least for the overwhelming majority of those individuals, this would not be the case. With the possible exception of a few situations where the illegal is already married to a current US citizen, you're definitely looking at an absolutely minimum of 3 years if not more to merely to start the actual citizenship application process. (Any actual hypothetical amnesty would merely make the illegals legal US residents and not automatically citizens.)

This is why the idea that this is actually going to happen in that way is so implausible.
 

RedCOMET

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We are not asking BO to do anything that "popular" or sound good. We are asking him, as the leader of the U.S., elected by us, the people, to uphold existing Federal Laws and protect the sovereign of the U.S.

I don't believe that is too much to ask, i.e. let the Federal government do their darn jobs that they were elect to do. Period.

Yeah. i agree. But If the Fed. Govt is not willing or able to uphold existing Federal Laws, then perhaps they need to be repealed as they are <sarcasm> so obviously outdated or impossible to enforce. We, the citizens, can't be burdening our Govt to enforce silly laws. </end sarcasm>
 

heyheybooboo

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This article is a little out of date, http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20081230165231.aspx, but it appears the EPA is already trying to determine if they can implement Cap and Trade under the authority they already have from the Clean Air Act.

That's really a sad link.

An article about a statement made by the ""...senior director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau..""

That would be Chief Lobbyist.

Supreme Court: EPA must address climate risk
April 3, 2007

and subsequently:

EPA: Carbon Dioxide Is a Danger to Human Health
April 17, 2009

With this proposal, the Administrator is responding to the April 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court decision, in which the court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

The Court held that the Administrator must determine whether or not emissions of greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare, or whether the science is too uncertain to make a reasoned decision.


I gotta laugh at Anus (as do we all).

'Cap&Tax' as proposed by Congress is actually 'Cap&Give Away'. And now we have the 'Cap&Tax/Amnesty' troll. Nice bumper sticker yah got there. Not to the level of 'Freedom Fries' but a dang fine effort nonetheless.

Too bad we can't Cap/Troll without Amnesty for the Wing Nuts.





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