Cap and trade a boon for the lower class and even the dwindling middle class. I can't see it having a huge effect on many people in thta demographic. I ran a poll. The minethatbird poll .

You buy very little those that buy more and live too fat will pay your way. Think of it as the smokers who pay the bulk of your hospital bills in the taxes. You don't smoke you don't pay more.

2017 many will need to learn on how to cut the f. Live within your means. Forget those $5 lattes. You can make 100 of them at home for less the $3.

But many alas live in what I cal. "I gotta have it" generation.