The gap between Capitol Hill and Main Street is huge when it comes to the so-called "cap-and-trade" legislation being considered in Congress. So wide, in fact, that few voters even know what the proposed legislation is all about.
Given a choice of three options, just 24% of voters can correctly identify the cap-and-trade proposal as something that deals with environmental issues. A slightly higher number (29%) believe the proposal has something to do with regulating Wall Street while 17% think the term applies to health care reform. A plurality (30%) have no idea.
Why do you think they aren't pushing a carbon tax? I'm sure the politicians pushing this (primarily Democrats, but some Republicans have drunk the global warming kool-aid too) are pleased with this result. Their goal is to enact a massive energy tax without the public having any clue as to what is going on. They claim to want to reduce CO2 emissions but if that happens it will just be a coincidence. What this is about is revenue and the power to dole it out.
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