Read it and weap, so you think you can sell that house
Something every home owner should be made aware of!
>> 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 Obama is up to, and apparently it has already passed one hurdle.
>> It will take very little now to put it into actual law!! YOU'D BETTER
>> WAKE UP AMERICA !!!! So you think you live in a free country, boy have
>> you got a surprise coming.
>>
>> A License Required for your HOUSE?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> We 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. We are ready to join the next march on Washington ! 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....Thinking about selling your house. Take a look at H.R.
>> 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Only the beginning
>> from this administration! Home owners take note & tell your friends and
>> relatives who are home owners!
>>
>> 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, 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 get a tax
>> refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus,
>> you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class 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. But, 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.
>>
>> And, 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/she 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 you meet
>> certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State 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 that's YOU) 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. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with
>> tougher standards each year...
>>
>> Oh, 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.
>>
>> But, 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 OUT Just a few of the sites;
>>
>> Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home
>> http://www.nachi.org/forum/f14/cap-and- ... ome-44750/
>>
>> HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act:
>> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454
>>
>> Cap & Trade A license required for your home:
>> http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-tra ... -home.html
>>
>> Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
>> http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/colum ... 71937.html
>>
>> Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home:
>> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts
>>
>> Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:
>> http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/ ... rade-bill/
>>
>>
>> www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&i ... gle+Search
>>
>> This is bad.....real bad....these guys MUST be stopped, stopped now, and
>> stopped HARD!!!!
>>
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