claim: the cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
author: energycitizens.org
evidence_1: cap and trade will increase the price of oil, coal, and natural gas in an effort to  force users to switch to other, less reliable, more expensive forms of energy. ... up  to four million americans would lose their jobs under the program, which  amounts to a $4,022 to $6,752 loss in disposable income per household. in  return, we ...
evidence_2: in addition to the direct impact on consumers' budgets through higher electric  bills and gasoline prices, the resultant increase in energy costs will reverberate  throughout the economy and inject unnecessary inefficiencies at virtually every  stage of production. it would suppress economic activity and reduce employment,  ...
evidence_3: the bill proposed a cap and trade system, under which the government would set  a limit (cap) on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted  nationally. companies then buy or sell permits to emit these gases, primarily  carbon dioxide co2. the cap is reduced over time to reduce total carbon  emissions.
evidence_4: mar 6, 2009 ... and with democrats now in control of congress and the white house, you can  bet they will soon engage an all effort to enact cap and trade. ... an analysis  conducted by charles river associates in 2007 estimated anywhere from 1.2  million to 2.3 million jobs would be lost under a cap and trade scheme. 5.
evidence_5: the arguments boil down to the assertion that carbon taxes are favorable  because they are better than cap and trade schemes. this is correct, but it does  not .... [25] the high price of natural gas has significantly contributed to the loss of  more than three million manufacturing jobs since 2000.[26] carbon taxes will  drive up ...