Well actually Obama has been pitching cap-and-trade most recently (as in two days ago) as something that will stimulate jobs and research. And I've seen a fair amount of Congressman say that this will reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy and will in the long run decrease our energy costs. So I don't think it is fair to say that they aren't making those arguments.
Ironically many of the people who were most against Obama raising fuel efficiency standards in the past few months are the same ones complaining about cap-and-trade. And frankly there is no better way to directly reduce the amount of oil we have to import. You are taking money out of the hands of terrorists. Not to mention it gives Iran less bargaining chips because there economy relies so much on oil.
A pretty conservative journal even criticized them for making those arguments...so obviously they are making those arguments:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/625bhgao.asp
The 'Dependence on Foreign Oil' Canard
The worst justification yet for Obama's energy plan.
by Jeff Bergner
06/22/2009, Volume 014, Issue 38
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As the public's enthusiasm for a major new energy tax wanes, advocates of the administration's "cap and trade" emissions proposal have found a new justification: national security. We should adopt a cap and trade energy tax, they say, because this will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and thus strengthen America's national security. It is unsurprising that national security would be the last refuge of a policy that cannot be sold on its merits. But "energy independence" is a mantra that has been around for decades, with adherents across the political spectrum. Does it really wash as a rationale for cap and trade?
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