This graph is from a new Rasmussen poll that asked Americans what, broadly speaking, "cap and trade" is about.The correct answer: "The environment." Cap and trade plans would put a limit (the cap) on the total amount industry could pollute, give individual polluters permits to pollute a certain amount, and then open up a market for the trading of those permits so polluters could buy and sell them.America's answer: "No clue." From Rasmussen:"Given a choice of three options, just 24 percent of voters can correctly identify the cap-and-trade proposal as something that deals with environmental issues. A slightly higher number (29 percent) believe the proposal has something to do with regulating Wall Street while 17 percent think the term applies to health care
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