Elected Democrats in Vermont must have short memories, or maybe they don’t care. The Legislature is advancing a climate bill to hike the cost of heating your home. France added a climate gas tax hike no one but elites wanted a few years ago that set the country on fire in protest.
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France’s yellow vest movement lasted for months, sparking similar activities in the UK and elsewhere. They were protests against elected representatives raising the cost of fuel which inevitably increases the cost of everything.
“…the so-called “yellow vest” movement, which has grown out of anger over rising fuel prices, is planning a major operation on Saturday that they hope will ring the French capital to a standstill. … Some 175,000 people have signalled they are interested in going to the event.
On Saturday the yellow vests organised approximately 2,000 roadblocks, rallies and traffic slowdowns in France to highlight their anger with President Emmanuel Macron’s government over increases in taxes on fuel and their general loss of spending power.
It worked. They shut down the country, and Macron and company were forced to bail on their climate gas tax. Closer to home, Vermont’s climate-cult-obsessed Dems are repeating Macron’s mistakes. The State Senate passed S. 5 with a veto-proof majority, which would make Gov. Scott’s promised veto meaningless. S.5 is the So-Called Clean Heat Standard, which attempts to electrify all heating by some arbitrary date by making more affordable options less affordable.
Previous efforts have failed, and so should this. The public objection is reportedly epic.
During floor debate, Sen. Randy Brock, R-Franklin, told his colleagues that he received over 700 phone calls, letters and emails from Vermonters about S.5. “I have three who wrote me in favor of it,” Brock said.
Sen. Bobby Starr said he received over a thousand contacts regarding S.5, and took the opportunity to remind his colleagues that “we’re all sent here for one purpose, and that is to represent the people that send us here.”
Wrenner said that her “no” vote was, “A nod to representative government. My constituents do not want S.5 to pass.”
Vermonters oppose it, but it is moving ahead anyway because all but a few Dems bow before the climate gods before any other, including the people they were elected to serve. I won’t revisit here all the reasons why it’s not just a bad idea but doomed to fail, but you could read this for context.
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The bill will likely get to Gov. Scott, who will veto it, and then pass back through the lower chamber like sh!t through a goose.
That brings us back to the Vermont State Senate. You can win this there if you are willing to make a bit of a scene. In other words, Vermont needs a yellow vest movement.
For the record, I am not suggesting you burn stacks of tires or cars or do anything destructive or illegal. We ban commenters for implying violence on these pages, so there are no threats, just the exercise of your lawful right to assemble peacefully in yellow vests, which are cheap. You can get a ten-pack on Amazon for about $23.00, delivered in just a few days. If you only want one or two, you can do that as well, and it’s still very affordable.
Marches, protests, anti-S.5 events with hundreds of folks in yellow vests. It paints a picture that will travel around the internet and the world. You’ll find advocates and experts in all corners willing to step up and point out why this won’t do what they say at any price. Press calls to state senators at all hours can get unnerving in the shadow of a small army of yellow vests.
This bill is not popular across political lines, so allies are everywhere, but no one does street theater like the Left, so take a hint from them and one from France and do more than make phone calls and send emails. Stand out peaceably in opposition in a manner that cannot be ignored.
Start a yellow-vest movement, and get on that soon. Your lives and livelihood depend on it.
HT | True North Reports
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