This is addressed to those of you who worked hard to own your own home and understand what it means.  The following is a portion of an article by Blake Yount, titled "Cap and trade allows strangers to enter your home; do you meet the national building code standards?"  The government continues spending more and more of OUR money while it becomes more and more intrusive.  Now it is coming into our most private sancturary - our homes.

"Within cap and trade is a provision which mandates a national building code for energy efficiency.  This national building code would override all state provisions already in place.  By 2012, new buildings are to be 30% more efficient than they are under current regulations.  By 2016, new buildings are to be 50% more efficient, and so on.  "New buildings" include new homes, thus making new homes more expensive which will only serve to hamper the housing market.

Also, the bill stipulates that state codes match the national codes, or the said state codes will be nullified, and states will lose federal funding and carbon allowances.  Remember, in this new world of cap and trade, the federal government has the authority to "allow" businesses within a state or community to conduct operations and emit carbon.  Thus, millions of private sector jobs would be politicized under cap and trade.  This type of politicization can only be found throughout history in societies governed by tyrants."

"In this economy, selling a home may be the last ditch effort of someone trying to keep his or her head above water.  Perhaps an individual or a family has to move on short notice but can only do so if the house they own is sold.  Or, even more common nowadays, people are downsizing and are attempting to sell their house in order to buy something more in line with personal budget concerns.  Whatever the case, Americans ought to be able to sell their houses whenever they want, and in whatever condition they want to sell it in, so long as the buyer agrees to the deal.  That idea is not good enough for our federal government, instead, through cap and trade they will exact control through federal inspections of your home before you are allowed to sell.

So, new homes will be more expensive, thus limiting who can afford a new home, and further depressing the housing market.  Now what of this inspection business?  Yes, the cap and trade bill that passed through congress allows for somebody from the government to come into your house and inspect your windows, appliances, A/C, furnace, and anything else that you can think of to make sure your house is on par with the new national building codes.  Not only will they inspect your house, but they will then be able to mandate that you, the seller, provide the necessary remedies regardless of cost, within a certain amount of time BEFORE YOU MAY SELL YOUR OWN HOUSE.  So unless you bought a house that is seen as sutable through the eyes of the federal government, you can expect to spend plenty of money remaking your house, even if selling your house is a matter of economic survival for you."