We have a Congress person who doesn't grasp the meaning of statistics.  Help me.  Why would you write such drivel in a newspaper?  

"Any way you look at it, it's low- and middle-income Americans who will pay dearly for this. According to an analysis by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the average American household could expect its yearly energy bill to increase by $3,128 per year. Using an analysis by Peter Orszag, President Obama's budget director, that number would be closer to $4,000.  

In fact, low- and middle-income Americans right here in the Midwest will pay a disproportionately high cost for this policy. A recent analysis by staff at the House Ways and Means Committee found that under a cap-and-trade proposal, the annual increase in electricity costs per capita would be far higher for Midwesterners than in most other regions. Costs would be raised the most for those who get their energy from coal-fired utilities, which are more dominant in the Midwest than in the Northeast or Pacific Northwest, essentially meaning that Minnesotans will be paying for New Yorkers' energy. "

This has been a myth for months.  And, she has actually posted an op-ed piece on this.  Isn't bad enough that we are the only state without two US senators?  And, she is my only other elected official to call on.  Life is tough in Minnesota these days.  Life in Lake Wobegone went from normal and average to imbecilic.